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Radio Interview on Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: Floyd Sherrod, manager of the company's Memphis Branch, is interviewed by Walter Durham of WMC radio on a Farmall Cub tractor with disc plow. The interview...
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International Motor Trucks Billboard

Date: 1920
Description: Roadside billboard for International motor trucks distributed by the Memphis Motor Car Company. The advertisement depicts an International truck axle.
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Harvesting Wheat with International 8-16 Tractor and Binders

Date: 06 14 1921
Description: Farmers harvesting wheat with an International 8-16 HP kerosene tractor and two Deering seven foot binders on the farm of W.P. Ridley in Maury County. Thre...
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Young Boys Pose with International 8-16 Tractor

Date: 06 24 1921
Description: Two ten-year-old boys, Paul Lannom and William Smith, posing with an International 8-16 HP tractor and McCormick binder. The boys are the grandsons of "Dad...
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Young Boys Harvest Wheat with International 8-16 Tractor

Date: 06 24 1921
Description: Two ten-year-old boys, Paul Lannom and William Smith, harvesting wheat with International 8-16 HP tractor and McCormick binder. The boys are the grandsons ...
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Delegates Talk Trade at Regular Common Carrier Conference

Date: 1970
Description: View of delegates talking trade in front of International trucks at the Regular Common Carrier Conference in Memphis, TN.
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"Old Red" Cotton Picker

Date: 1969
Description: "Old Red," the "first commercial cotton picker," and a new International 622 cotton picker en route to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. "Ol...
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Merrymobile

Date: 04 24 1959
Description: Man driving Merrymobile ice cream vending truck. Press release caption reads: "Merrymobile - colorful ice cream vending vehicle - built by Merrymobile Co.,...
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International C-40 Fire Truck

Date: 04 25 1935
Description: International Model C-40 fire truck with floodlights. The truck was owned by the Memphis, Tennessee fire department. A man stands on top of the truck and g...
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Hebard Shop Mule with International P-12 Power Unit

Date: 05 19 1938
Description: Employee of White Way Laundry pulling a trailer with a Hebard shop mule on a suburban street. The shop mule is powered by an International P-12 engine. A s...
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Strikers' Message

Date: 1959
Description: Paul Spencer, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 in Memphis, reminds citizens of his locals' strike against Wilson & Co.
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Swift Strikers

Date: 1959
Description: Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 stand near the Swift & Co., plant in membership in an attempt to prevent Wilson products being lo...
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Grain Binders

Date: 1905
Description: Men with grain binders lined up in a field.
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International Harvester Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester branch house.
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Plows at Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1930
Description: Men (mostly likely employees), plows, cane mills and an evaporator are lined up on a Main Street sidewalk outside the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Chattanooga Plow Works Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from street of the Chattanooga Plow Works. Lettering on the building reads "Chattanooga Plow Company." The photograph was likely taken around...
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Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Chattanooga Plow Works. The Eagle Saw Works building is on the right in the background. There are billboards along a street in the cen...
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Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of a loading (?) area of the Chattanooga Plow Works, with multiple ladders leaning against the building. There are wagons on the ground below...
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Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of the Chattanooga Plow Works. Lettering on the building reads: "Chattanooga Plow Company." The photograph was likely taken around the time o...
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Chattanooga Evaporator

Date: 1919
Description: Evaporator manufactured at the Chattanooga Plow Works.

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