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Farm Hazard: Guns within Reach of Children
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Staged scene of two young boys near a window with one reaching for a shotgun. This photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department at the company's experimental farm. It was used to warn families of potential farm hazards. The original caption warns of "having guns within reach of children."
July 17, 1926
International Harvester Company
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