International Harvester Tandem Disc
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The nature of farming dramatically changed in the 20th century through what came to be known as the Green Revolution. From the 1920s-1950s farming productivity rose dramatically due to mechanization, fertilizers, chemicals (fungicides, pesticides, herbicides) and the hybridization of plants and animals. Agricultural innovations continue to be important to farming today. While the museum has over a dozen full-size tractors and other pieces of farming equipment, most technical developments of the 20th century are represented in the collection through toys and models.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Ertl Company of Dyersville, Iowa, made this metal die-cast International Harvester tandem disc harrow model during the 1970s. This is a 1:16 scale model, and could be hooked onto other Ertl-made International Harvester tractors.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: Agricultural Equipment Toys
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content: Agriculture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.78A01.06
label: catalog number
content: 78A01.06
label: accession number
content: 1977.0989
objectType: label: Object Name
content: disc, tandem, "International Harvester"
label: Object Name
content: disc, tandem, "international harvester"
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)