Photograph
Farmall Delivery by Rail
| Elevated view of Farmall tractors are loaded onto railroad cars as they prepare to leave International Harvester's Farmall Works factory. On the locomotive is painted a sign that reads: "Way of the Zephyrs". In the foreground are stacks of what appears to be tire rims. |
| Image ID: | 84551 |
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| Creation Date: | 1959 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Rock Island |
| County: | |
| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company Photographs for Company Magazines, 1955-1973 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | M2005-077, B2351, #29 |
| Original Dimensions: | 35mm |
| The photograph was taken for an article called "Production; A Pictorial Report" appearing in the February-March 1959 issue of "Harvester World Magazine." The original caption reads: "Impressive but hardly novel is the sight of Farmalls rolling out of Rock Island, Illinois, by the trainload and truckload. From the day last summer when the new line was introduced, the tractor builders at Farmall Works have had to step lively to keep up with customer demand. Since then their ranks have been swelled by several hundred and their daily production rate has risen 34%. The order bank remains substantial. At Louisville Works, home of smaller Farmalls and utility tractors, schedules have been boosted by 25%. Despite a 65-day strike, IH farm tractor sales are running ahead of the pace of '58. Photo by Angus McDougall." |
| Agricultural machinery |
| Tractors |
| Factories |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Outdoor photography |
| Signs and signboards |
| Loading and unloading |
| Locomotives |
| Railroad cars |
| Railroads |
| Shipping |
| Trucks |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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