Photograph
Tractor Training for Jewish Women
Ruth Sager stoops to speak to Wood Hendrickson, manager of C.O. Smith, an International Harvester dealership. Two women stand behind Sager and Hendrickson, examining a Farmall H tractor. The original caption reads: "On the very unusual 208-acre Hechalutz Training Farm near Hightstown, New Jersey, young Jewish women are training to be farmers in preparation for migration to hallowed Palestine." |
Image ID: | 50950 |
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Creation Date: | 1942 |
Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
City: | Hightstown |
County: | |
State: | New Jersey |
Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 596, Pg.98 |
Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
This photograph was included in the International Harvester publication "News and Views of the Tractorettes: Food for Victory" [McCormick Mss 6Z, file 496, pg.11]. |
Agricultural machinery |
Orchards |
Tractors |
Trees |
Clothing and dress |
Hats |
Vocational education |
Farms |
Jews |
Men |
Outdoor photography |
Women |
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