Book or Pamphlet
Waterloo Boy Tractor Brochure Back Cover
| Back cover of a brochure produced by the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company of Waterloo, Iowa to advertise the Waterloo Boy one-man tractor. The cover features a color illustration of a man using the tractor and a disk harrow plow in a farm field, surrounded by a decorative border. |
| Image ID: | 90222 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1918 |
| Creator Name: | Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company |
| City: | Waterloo |
| County: | |
| State: | Iowa |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company corporate archives central file (documented series), 1819-1998 |
| Genre: | Book or Pamphlet |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 6Z, Box 1052, Folder 56 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9 x 7.5 inches |
| An included newspaper clipping reads: "John Deere Tractor Co. at Waterloo. The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co., Waterloo, Iowa, which has been owned and operated by Deere & Company since March, 1918, has been given the name, John Deere Tractor Co. as a result of an amendment to the articles of incorporation adopted by stockholders at their annual meeting. Change in name becomes effective on April 1. The Waterloo company was first organized in 1892. For many years it was well known in the farm equipment world for its 'Waterloo Boy' engines and kerosene tractor. After purchase of the concern by Deere & Company, the old trade name for products was retained for several years. When the present models were brought out, however, they were given the name John Deere. Thus, the change in the name of the Company was made to accord with the name of its products." |
| Agricultural implements |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
| Plowing |
| Tractors |
| Trees |
| Hats |
| Work clothes |
| Advertising |
| Farms |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Men |
| Selling |
| Farmers |
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