Book or Pamphlet
Big Bull
Front page of a pamphlet advertising the Big Bull kerosene tractor. Features an image of a man walking alongside a tractor in a field. |
Image ID: | 97230 |
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Creation Date: | 1919 |
Creator Name: | Bull Tractor Co. |
City: | Minneapolis |
County: | |
State: | Minnesota |
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 1064, Folder 18 |
Original Dimensions: | 6 x 9 inches |
Information accompanying the pamphlet reads: "49. Bull Tractor Company, Minneapolis, Minn. Organized about 1915 by Pat Lyons and others of Minneapolis to manufacture Bull tractors. Reported to have made 3,000 tractors in 1914, 4,000 in 1915, 2,497 in 1916, and 2,000 in 1917. Reorganized in 1918. Combined with Madison Motors Corporation later in the year to form the Madison Manufacturing Company of Anderson, Ind. In hands of receiver July 1920. Sold December 1920 to L. Goldstein & Sons of Philadelphia, owners of American Motor Parts Company." |
Advertising |
Agricultural machinery industry |
Farmers |
Agricultural machinery |
Fields (Agriculture) |
Tractors |
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