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Women Engaged in "Tractorette" Training

Date: 1942
Description: Dan Downey, International Harvester blockman from Philadelphia, teaches three women how to operate a Farmall M tractor and a McCormick-Deering harvester-th...
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Farm Wife Brings Lunch to Her Husband in the Field

Date: 1970
Description: Ingrid Bengtson bringing lunch to the field to help her husband, Norman, get the planting done faster. They are having lunch on top of the McCormick Intern...
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Farmer's Birthday

Date: 07 07 1983
Description: John Fitzsimmons and Barton Voegeli take a break from discing the fields to eat the birthday cake that Voegeli's wife made to celebrate the occasion.
Photograph

Woman on a Tractor in a Field

Date: 1928
Description: Elevated view of a woman in a field on a McCormick-Deering 15-30 or 10-20 tractor with attached disk harrow.
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Farmer in Field with Farmall 544 Hydro Tractor

Date: 1968
Description: Left side view of a farmer operating an International Farmall 544 Hydro tractor in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

International Rake Hay Loader

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the International rake hay loader. Includes an photographic illustration of a man operating a rake hay loader.
Photograph

Man Operating Ox-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1899
Description: A man wearing dress clothes and holding a raised switch is driving an ox-drawn mower down a path in a field. The man is also wearing a bowler or derby hat ...
Photograph

4-Row Corn Planter Demonstration

Date: 04 28 1932
Description: A group of men, women, and children are standing in a field at an International Harvester Company farm to watch a 4-row corn planter demonstration.
Photograph

Photographing Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: A man stands on a raised platform attached to a tractor with a camera while preparing to photograph a hay baler in a field on International Harvester's Hic...
Photograph

Photographing Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: A male photographer stands on a platform with his camera while taking photographs of a McCormick hay baler in use at Hickory Hill. The farm was located 75 ...
Photograph

Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
Photograph

Cucumber Harvesting Machine

Date: 1968
Description: Two men are riding on a cucumber harvesting machine called the "Pickle Harvester" as labeled on the center between two lights. The man on the right, wearin...
Photograph

Bale Thrower at Tifton

Date: 1962
Description: Men gather in the field on an International Harvester company farm to watch the demonstration of a bale thrower. International Harvester offered classes on...
Photograph

Men on Tractors

Date: 1962
Description: International Harvester salesmen drive tractors on a dirt road alongside a field on the company farm at Tifton. International Harvester offered classes on ...
Photograph

Antique Farm Equipment Show

Date: 09 1993
Description: "Antique farm equipment show at Calumetville."
Photograph

Grain Binder

Date: 07 1994
Description: "Grain Binder Demonstration."
Photograph

Man Driving Kerosene Tractor

Date: 07 22 1926
Description: View from front of a man wearing a suit and hat driving a McCormick-Deering kerosene tractor pulling threshing equipment. A group of men are watching in th...
Photograph

Man Driving Farmall Tractor Pulling Plow

Date: 09 03 1926
Description: Right side view of a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a plow in a field. In the background is a fence along a tree-lined road.

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