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Farmer Poses with Watermelon aboard Cotton Picker

Date: 1944
Description: Farm worker, Frank White, stops harvesting to pose with watermelon found among the cotton crop. The field, part of the O'Neill Ranch located in Helm, Calif...
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Hailing the 5,000,000th International Harvester Tractor

Date: 02 01 1974
Description: Press release photograph of female model, Valerie Robb, posing on the 5,000,000th International Harvester tractor to roll off the assembly line on Feb. 1, ...
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Erwin Alfonsus with Bees

Date: 08 09 1934
Description: Portrait of Erwin Alfonsus, University of Wisconsin entomology department's "bee man," with hand covered with bees. There are beehives in the background.
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John Walker

Date: 06 15 1933
Description: John Walker, father of 16 children, standing outside a greenhouse with a pipe in his mouth.
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Gertrude Gillette Driving a Tractor

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Gertrude (Mrs. Rufus) Gillette driving a tractor, 2627 S. Seminole Highway.
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Girl with Easter Lily

Date: 03 30 1931
Description: Ruth Jordan holding an Easter lily plant in Smith-Knox Floral Co. greenhouse, 2023 Sherman Avenue.
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Young Woman on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: Young woman operating a Farmall H tractor.
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Alice in Dairyland, Virgina Ruth Peterson

Date: 06 30 1950
Description: The 1950 Alice in Dairyland, Virgina Ruth Peterson, posed sitting on a fence after she was chosen for the title from a field of 18 in the final judging at ...
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Boy Posing with International Farmall 1468 Tractor

Date: 1971
Description: Color advertising photograph of a young boy posing with an International Farmall 1468 tractor against a red backdrop. The floor is highly reflective.
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Alice in Dairyland, Marilyn Draeger

Date: 1963
Description: Marilyn Draeger, originally from Fort Atkinson, the 1963 Alice in Dairyland wearing a crown and her Alice sash.
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Alice in Dairyland, Marjean Czerwinski

Date: 1951
Description: Marjean Czerwinski, the 1951 Alice in Dairyland, wearing her crown, and taking a drink of milk while winking at the camera.
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Alice in Dairyland, LaVonne Hermann

Date: 1949
Description: LaVonne Hermann of Mount Horeb, the 1949 Alice in Dairyland, is shown in a formal pose, wearing her crown.
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Crowning of Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1952
Description: Beverly Ann Steffen of Appleton is crowned the 1952 Alice in Dairyland.
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Elmer the Bull

Date: 1951
Description: Elmer, "husband" of Elsie the Cow, advertising mascot of the Borden Company, is shown with a young woman as he was being readied for participation as one o...
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Louis Bertrand

Date: 1930
Description: Mr. Louis Bertrand, operator of twelve McCormick tractors and twelve No. 11 harvester-threshers, poses for a photograph.
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"Our Daily Bread" Movie Still

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: A woman, possibly actress Mary Duncan, sits behind the wheel of a McCormick-Deering tractor while a man stands beside her on the set of the Fox Film produc...
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4-H Club Accounting Champion on F-30 Tractor

Date: 1935
Description: M. Ogden Riddle, National 4-H farm accounting champion, sitting on a Farmall F-30 tractor. Photograph taken by H.C. Ray.
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Mrs. Frank Bohn with Farmall Tractor

Date: 08 19 1937
Description: Mrs. Frank Bohn sits behind the wheel of a Farmall F-20 tractor.
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TracTracTor with Actress Steffi Duna

Date: 1937
Description: Actress Steffi Duna stands on the International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) used in the motion picture Escape by Night.
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Mrs. Mabel Arbogast Driving a Farmall A

Date: 1942
Description: Close-up of Mrs. Mabel Arbogast of Eldon, Mo., driving a Farmall A, being used for disking a rye field. She is sitting on a sheepskin seat cover under an u...

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