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"Tractorettes" Working on Farmall H Tractor
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Three women work under a Farmall H tractor. International Harvester's "Tractorette" program was intended to teach women to operate and maintain tractors while their husbands were serving in the military during World War II.
1942
International Harvester Company
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W012WJI
WHi 27316
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"Tractorette" Student
1942
Slightly elevated view of a participant in International Harvester's "Tractorette" class sitting on a Farmall H tractor. The class consisted of 15 women and was arranged by A.L. Dudley, manager of ...
"Tractorettes" with Instructor
1942
"Tractorettes" pose with their instructor, McCormick-Deering salesmen Robert L. McCaffrey, on a Farmall H tractor.
Betty Stevens on Farmall H Tractor
1942
Betty Stevens, a participant in "Tractorette" class offered by the Nodaway County Implement Company, is riding a Farmall H tractor through J.D. Thompson's 47-acre cornfield.
Tractorette Instruction
1942
Women sitting on grass watching a lecture on maintenance of Farmall A and Farmall M tractors. The lecture was part of International Harvester's "Tractorette" program. The company announced the "Tra...
Muriel Thomas on Farmall H Tractor
1942
Muriel Thomas of Sperry, Idaho, uses a Farmall H tractor to stack hay outside of a barn. Ms. Thomas may have taken part in International Harvester's wartime "Tractorette" program.
"Tractorette" Group on Farmall H Tractor
1942
Mrs. John T. Shea, Mary Elma Riddell, and Mrs. John R. Riddell, participants in "Tractorette" class, are posing around a Farmall H tractor with J.S. Inman, farm equipment manager of Hinton & Hutton...
