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"Tractorette" Operating Farmall H Tractor
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Mrs. Elizabeth Lancton cultivating with a Farmall H tractor on the 105 acre farm of Cliff Lee. Mrs. Lancton attended classes offered by Fred R. Walkley, proprietor of the Walkley Farm Equipment Co., who conducted Tractorette schools at his stores in Castile and Perry, New York. The company announced the "Tractorette" 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.
1942
International Harvester Company
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"Tractorette" Group
1942
A group of participants in the "Tractorette" program gathers around a Farmall tractor operated by Fred R. Walkley, proprietor of Walkley Farm Equipment Company and program instructor.
Tractorette Instruction
1942
Women sitting on grass watching a lecture on maintenance of Farmall A and Farmall M tractors. The lecture was part of International Harvester's "Tractorette" program. The company announced the "Tra...
Tractorette Field Demonstration
1942
Instructor Mr. Schweitzer reviewing the operation of a Farmall M tractor with a group of women. The women are (L to R): Donna Mehaffy, Oakville; Marian Hultgren, Mediapolis; Susanne Wilson, Mediapo...
Mrs. Jesse Jones on Farmall Tractor
1942
Mrs. Jesse Jones, a participant in a "Tractorette" class organized by the Blanchard Motor Company, drives a Farmall tractor on the farm of Mrs. Helen George.
Beulah Ogden on Farmall Tractor
1942
Mrs. Beulah Ogden, a participant in the "Tractorette" class organized by the Blanchard Motor Company, rides a Farmall tractor through an 88-acre farm owned by Mrs. Helene George.
"Tractorette" Group on Farmall H Tractor
1942
Mrs. John T. Shea, Mary Elma Riddell, and Mrs. John R. Riddell, participants in "Tractorette" class, are posing around a Farmall H tractor with J.S. Inman, farm equipment manager of Hinton & Hutton...
