Photograph
Men Loading Relief Tractors onto Truck
| Men load relief tractors onto an International Harvester sales and service truck for delivery to victims of the "tri-state tornado." They appear to be moving the tractors from a railroad car onto the truck which is near a railroad depot building. |
| Image ID: | 59928 |
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| Creation Date: | 04 01 1925 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| 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 250, Pg.4 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9 x 7 inches |
| Photograph taken from a series of southern Indiana scenes showing the aftermath of the "tri-state tornado" of March 18, 1925. The tornado passed through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing nearly 700 people. In response to an appeal from John Covert of the Indiana Farm Bureau Relief, International Harvester sent twenty tractors and plows to Princeton, Indiana, and twelve tractors to Griffin, Indiana. The tractors arrived in Princeton on March 29, 1925. Local farmers used the equipment to plow their fields and plant their crops. The original caption appearing in the May 2005 issue of Harvester World reads, "To utilize every possible means of saving time in getting tractors into the fields of the devastated regions, some of the tractors were put aboard trucks and speeded to the more distant farms. WIth the melon and other truck crop seeding and growing season rapidly advancing, assurance of crop maturity diminished with each day's delay in planting. It was a case of no melons or truck crops, no income, as those are the principal crops in the sections plowed by the relief tractors." |
| Railroad stations |
| Trucks |
| Outdoor photography |
| Railroad cars |
| Men |
| Agricultural machinery |
| Tractors |
| Clothing and dress |
| Hats |
| Work clothes |
| Assistance in emergencies |
| Disaster relief |
| Tornadoes |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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