I'm skeptical of the authenticity of the pic.....
That appears to be an IH I-4 which was basically an industrial version of the W-4. It would have been painted yellow, not red. In 1942, they didn't have color photos.... and I've seen black and white colored photos... that one appears to have been taken in color. The hood is a much different color than the frame, and the muffler is awfully rusty and the front tires pretty bald and the paint on the frame and front axle is pretty faded for a no more than two year old tractor. If you zoom in on the pic, you can't tell any color lines where the photo has been colored. Plus, the dungarees the guy bending down next to the tire is wearing look pretty modern.
I say it's staged.
