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Farmer on McCormick-Deering Farmall H Tractor with Plow

Date: 1941
Description: Wayne Pattison working the fields of his two-hundred and eighty acre farm with a Farmall H tractor and a McCormick-Deering No. 7 disc plow. In the backgrou...
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Child Laborers Bringing Fibre Down From Mountains

Date: 1910
Description: Procession of child laborers carrying bundles of twine fibre (fiber) down from the mountains in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International...
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Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
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Construction of Retaining Wall

Date: 04 05 1919
Description: Men working on a hillside retaining wall to "P tipple" of no. 2 mine. Railroad tracks and houses are below in the distance. Benham was a "company town" cre...
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Steam Shovel Digging Borrow Pit

Date: 03 01 1919
Description: Workers digging a "borrow pit" for no. 2 mine with a steam shovel. The men are standing along a set of narrow gauge railroad tracks. Benham was a "company ...
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Construction on Culvert over Maggard's Branch

Date: 05 03 1919
Description: Workers building a culvert over Maggard's Branch near mine no. 2. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers employed i...
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Construction of Railroad Dock

Date: 03 29 1919
Description: Men building a dock along railroad tracks. The tracks run along a stream or small river. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for...
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Clearing Trees with International TD-24 Crawler

Date: 1949
Description: Construction worker clears trees along a hillside with an International diesel TD-24 TracTracTor (crawler tractor).
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Experimental Combine with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental 12 foot McCormick-Deering combine (harvester-thresher) with a Farmall M tractor. Mountains are in the ba...
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McCormick No. 51 Hillside Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1950
Description: Two men harvesting wheat with an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and a No. 51 hillside harvester-thresher (combine). Mountains are in the far b...
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Farmall 450 Diesel Tractor

Date: 1957
Description: View of a man plowing a field with a McCormick Farmall 450 diesel tractor. Mountains are in the far background.
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Construction Worker Buddis Stone

Date: 1958
Description: Construction worker Buddis Stone at the site of the Mammoth Pool Dam along the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Stone bored holes for expl...
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Construction Workers at Dam Site

Date: 1958
Description: Construction workers O.R. Williams, Fred Mappin, and Rober Garner at the site of the Mammoth Pool Dam on the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada Mountai...
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P&H 25-Ton Type "N" Bridge Crane

Date: 07 19 1917
Description: Elevated view of Pawling & Harnischfeger 25-ton type "N" bridge with a 5-ton type "A" trolley and a standard bottom block, equipped for exterior use. There...
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Bulldozer on Hillside

Date: 1944
Description: A man uses an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) equipped with a bulldozer blade on a hillside in the construction of a road. The original caption...
Poster

Central Pacific Railway California Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Pacific Railway's route from New York to California, encouraging people to "Go and See the Great American Pa...
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McCormick Binder near Mountains

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a McCormick grain binder led by a team of horses to work in a field near a range of mountains.
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Bringing in the Harvest

Date: 1951
Description: Kashmiri farmer carrying his harvest.
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Aluminum Runway Repair in Vietnam

Date: 1967
Description: A group of men from the Air Force's Red Horse heavy repair squadrons stand outdoors while making repairs on an aluminum runway in Vietnam. An airplane is b...
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Dump Truck at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: An International dump truck empties its load down the side of a canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam.

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