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Butch Quirk Returns Home
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Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick is photographed returning to his house. Butch carries his jacket and books under his arm as he enters his house. The foreground captures a (?Schwinn) bicycle with two carrier baskets. Original magazine caption reads: "School out for the day, bike wheels give way to Cub Cadet wheels for Butch Quirk. Books are dropped off, clothes changed, bucket of seed grabbed up."
April 1964
International Harvester Company
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Butch Quirk Riding Cub Cadet
April 1964
Thirteen-year-old student farmer John "Butch" Quirk planting rows of corn with the aid of his Cub Cadet tractor.
Butch Quick Carries Seed Bucket
April 1964
Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick carrying a bucket of seed toward his Cub Cadet tractor.
Butch Quirk Drives a Cub Cadet
April 1964
Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick is photographed driving a Cub Cadet tractor. This close-up captures one of Butch's hands on the steering wheel and the other on the stick shift.
Butch Quirk Fills the Hopper
April 1964
Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick is photographed filling the hopper of his Cub Cadet tractor with fertilizer.
Butch Quirk in the Classroom
April 1964
Thirteen-year-old student John "Butch" Quirk stands in a classroom surrounded by his seated classmates. The original magazine caption reads: "School Boy: 'Butch' Quirk is a bright seventh grader, t...
Butch Quirk uses Cub Cadet as Desk Top
April 1964
Butch Quirk with a Cub Cadet tractor. Original magazine caption states: "Scientific farmer Quirk uses tractor hood as desk top as he records variety of corn planted and date. When his corn is grown...
