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International 15-30 H.P. Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: International 15-30 H.P tractor running an International 28 x 46 thresher on a rural farm. The tractor was purchased by Oscar Krueger in 1920. The threshe...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Algiers

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of a harvesting scene in Algiers. Includes a color illustration of a horse-drawn grain binder. Caption reads: "Algiers — In this far off country o...
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Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
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Man Operating M-12-H Cotton Picker

Date: 1948
Description: Man harvesting cotton with a McCormick-Deering M-12-H cotton picker.
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Picking Beans at a Chicago Vegetable Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Three women and a man dumping the beans they've picked into wooden containers at a vegetable garden northwest of Chicago.
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Young Girl on F-12 Tractor

Date: 07 06 1937
Description: Beverly Lundsten and hired man Gerald Stanford pose with a Farmall F-12 tractor on the Lundsten farm. The tractor is equipped with rubber tires and a singl...
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International 8-16 Tractor in front of Barn

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Man in the seat of an International 8-16 tractor on the farm of E.V. Babcock. Mr. Babcock was mayor of Pittsburgh at the time.
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Farmers in Field with McCormick-Deering Tractor and Corn-Picker

Date: 1930
Description: Farmers using a Farmall tractor, corn-picker and wagon in a cornfield on the farm of Robert Garst.
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McCormick-Deering 123-SP Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1944
Description: Slightly elevated view of fifteen-year-old Peggy Wold operating a McCormick-Deering 123-SP (self-propelled) harvester-thresher (combine) on the farm of Car...
Postcard

Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
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Experimental Cotton Picker Mounted on a Farmall B Tractor

Date: 1944
Description: Field test of an experimental International Harvester cotton picker mounted on a Farmall B tractor. The caption reads "Experimental IH low-drum 1-row Farma...
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Green Pea Combine

Date: 1969
Description: A pea combine in use on an unidentified Wisconsin farm.
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Crop Sprayer

Date: 1913
Description: A horse-drawn power sprayer being used on truck crops in the Racine area.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Onion Mound

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of several farmers working to lift a giant onion onto the flatbed horse-drawn cart. Beside them is a giant mound of onions with a ladder leani...
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20 H.P. Type B Tractor Used on the Curtis Farm

Date: 1912
Description: An International 20 H.P. Type B Tractor owned by J.S. Curtis, but operated by G.W. Crosby. According to the original caption, Crosby operated the outfit wi...
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Harvest by Hand

Date: 1921
Description: Men cutting and gathering grain by hand. One man appears to be holding a scythe, or possibly a cradle.
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Rear View of a Farmall MV in Field

Date: 1943
Description: The caption for this photograph states that this Farmall MV tractor is "shown at work on the 2800-acre Triangle Farm near McCall, Louisiana, some 1800 acre...
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Rear View of Farmall MV at Work

Date: 1943
Description: The caption for this photograph states that this Farmall MV tractor is "shown at work on the 2800-acre Triangle Farm near McCall, Louisiana, some 1800 acre...
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Rear View of Farmall MV Working in Field

Date: 1943
Description: The caption for this photograph states that this Farmall MV tractor is "shown at work on the 2800-acre Triangle Farm near McCall, Louisiana, some 1800 acre...
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Side View of Farmall MV at Work

Date: 1943
Description: The caption for this photograph states that this Farmall MV tractor is "shown at work on the 2800-acre Triangle Farm near McCall, Louisiana, some 1800 acre...

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