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White I-30 Tractor Pulling Ford Tri-Motor Airplane
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Crew preparing to pull a damaged Ford Tri-Motor airplane with a white McCormick-Deering I-30 industrial tractor with dual rear wheels at the American Air Races. The races took place at Chicago's Municipal Airport, July 1-5, 1933. A man hitching a tow line to the plane is wearing a jumpsuit with the words "Aeronautical University" on the back.
July 5, 1933
International Harvester Company
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