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Farmall 460 Tractor Preparing Field for NFL Championship Game
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Farmall 460 tractor with windbreaker and no. 46 baler removing twenty tons of hay from Green Bay City Stadium (now Lambeau Field) at 9 a.m. on the day of the National Football League (NFL) championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants. The hay, which formed a one-foot padding on top of the field tarpaulin, had been on the field for weeks to protect it. The Packers went on to defeat the Giants 37-0.
December 31, 1961
International Harvester Company
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Green Bay City Stadium Field before NFL Championship Game
December 31, 1961
Workmen, shivering in the 6 a.m. predawn cold, remove hay from the field at Green Bay City Stadium (now Lambeau Field) before the NFL championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the New Yor...
Preparing the Field at City Stadium
December 31, 1961
Color photograph of a Farmall tractor and hay rake on the sideline at City Stadium (later known as Lambeau Field), home of the Green Bay Packers. The equipment was used to remove bales of hay that ...
Green Bay Packers Football Stadium
1957
Aerial view of Lambeau Field (known as City Stadium from 1957 to 1965), home the Green Bay Packers football team, with a full parking lot. The capacity of the stadium at the time of this photograph...
Packer Kenneth Davis on Field
August 22, 1987
Green Bay Packer Kenneth Davis lying on the field during a preseason game against the Washington Redskins at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, WI. The Packers lost 0 to 33.
Men Inspecting Packers Memorabilia
December 29, 1961
Four men examining various Packers memorabilia, including images of the first Packers team from 1919, the team from 1929, other unidentified team lineups, as well as Green Bay stadiums through the ...
Aerial View of Lambeau Field
circa 1965
Aerial view of Lambeau Field, home the Green Bay Packers football team, with a full parking lot. The capacity of the stadium at the time of this photograph was over 50,000. Caption reads: "Lambeau...
