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Photograph

Soldiers on a World War I Recruiting Drive

Date: 1917
Description: World War I soldiers standing in front and on the back of an International truck with a recruiting poster.
Photograph

Short Turn Army Escort Wagon

Date: 1918
Description: The short turn army escort wagon was produced by International Harvester for the U.S. Army from 1917 to 1918 and was developed primarily along the lines of...
Book or Pamphlet

Standard-Detroit Tractor Wartime Advertisement

Date: 1918
Description: Back cover of a booklet produced by the Standard Detroit Tractor Company entitled: "The Farmer's Burden." A paragraph reading: "Four-fifths of the world is...
Book or Pamphlet

The Farmer's Burden Advertisement

Date: 1918
Description: Interior pages of a wartime booklet produced by the Standard Detroit Tractor Company encouraging farmers to use tractors for efficiency and to increase the...
Print

The Greatest Weapon

Date: 1918
Description: Wartime advertisement for Kardell tractors featuring an illustration of a farmer using a team of two horses to work in a field, along with the headline: "L...
Print

The Problem of Peace

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising illustration promoting the use of tractors and engine power over horses and horse-drawn implements. Shows Uncle Sam writing the words "Modern I...

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