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Mogul 30-60 Tractor Pulling Elevating Grader

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 30-60 kerosene tractor pulling an elevating grader in road construction project. The project was part of the "good roads movement" in Missouri.
Photograph

WR-9 "Rice Field Special" Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Farmers using a McCormick-Deering WR-9 tractor to haul a trailer loaded with timber. The words "rice field special" are on the tractor.
Photograph

Bulldozing with a Hough Blade

Date: 1934
Description: Man bulldozing a pile of dirt with a McCormick-Deering crawler tractor with an attached blade. The blade was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company.
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McCormick Auto-Mower

Date: 07 24 1900
Description: Engineer E.A. Johnston operating a single-cylinder version of the McCormick Auto-Mower at the McCormick Works. Johnston was Director of Engineering for the...
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International TD-9 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: TD-9 International Superior crawler tractor loading South African crop onto a wagon with the attached side loader. A man is driving the tractor, and a chil...
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Train Load of Tractors from Milwaukee Works

Date: 03 09 1927
Description: A train carrying tractors stopped on its way from Milwaukee Works (factory).
Photograph

Farmall MD Tractor with Little Genius Plow

Date: 1941
Description: View from right of Clem J. Reynolds using a Farmall MD tractor and a No. 8 Little Genius plow to work in a field. Farm buildings and livestock are in the b...
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Pulpwood Project Site

Date: 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a specially outfitted International tractor to work among felled trees in a wooded area. The original caption reads: ...
Photograph

Posthole Digger Powered by Engine

Date: 1948
Description: Hough Payloader with post-hole digger powered by a non-International engine.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering T-20 and TA-40 TracTracTor Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of a brochure for McCormick-Deering T-20 and TA-40 TracTracTors (crawler tractors), "For Heavy loads — For Steep Slopes — For Soft Soils."
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering TD-40 TracTracTors Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering TD-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Features a photograph of a man sitting on a TD-40 TracTracT...
Photograph

Group of Men and Boys Threshing

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men and boys threshing. They are using a tractor for a belt-driven threshing machine, and on the left two horses pull a wagon with large barrels.
Print

T-20 TracTracTor Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor), featuring an illustration of a T-20 in front of a photograph of ...
Print

T-20 TracTracTor Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for T-20 TracTracTors (crawler tractors), featuring photographs of tractors plowing a field; harvesting with a combine (har...
Print

International TD-6 Diesel TracTractor Brochure (Spanish)

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for TD-6 TracTracTors (crawler tractors). Features photographs of crawler tractors pulling a road grader and a disk harrow...
Print

International TD-9 TracTracTor Brochure (Spanish)

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International TD-9 Diesel TracTracTors (crawler tractors), featuring photographs of TD-9 crawler tractors in an agricu...
Print

Tractor with Grid-Iron Grips

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a booklet produced by the Grid-Iron Grip Company entitled: "The Tractor Traction Problem Solved: Just like a locomotive, It runs on its own."...
Print

Right Arm of Agriculture Advertisement

Date: 1921
Description: Advertisement for Twin City Power Farming and Equipment featuring the text "The Right Arm of Agriculture" and an illustration of a farmer's arm beside illu...
Document

Patek Brothers Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Patek Brothers, Inc., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a paint company, with a halftone image of a hand dipping a brush into a can of Patek paint, el...
Book or Pamphlet

Lauson 15-30 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Lauson 15-30 special road-building tractor. The cover features a partial color illustration of two men using a La...

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