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Parade Float
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A parade float built on a Farmall tractor parked outside a building on a dirt road. The tractor is covered in corn stalks and has signs on the front and side that read: "McCormick-Deering Farmall. A Farmall on Every Farm" and "International Harvester Tractors."
October 15, 1929
International Harvester Company
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