Photograph
Women Engaged in "Tractorette" Training
| Dan Downey, International Harvester blockman from Philadelphia, teaches three women how to operate a Farmall M tractor and a McCormick-Deering harvester-thresher (combine). The women are members of the Red Cross Motor Corps from Paoli and W. Chester, PA. The women took part in a variety of jobs on Herbert Hill's angus farm. Pictured here are (L to R): Mary G. Baldwin, Mrs. P.F. Smith and Mrs. S.E. Smith. The women were taking part in International Harvester's "Tractorette" program. The company announced the program in 1942. It was intended to address the farm labor shortage created by U.S. war mobilization. The plan called for local dealers to offer free training for thousands of farm women and girls in the operation of tractors and other farm machinery. |
| Image ID: | 7245 |
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| Creation Date: | 1942 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Collection Name: | Photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 596 pg.81 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
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