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Peoria Tractor Advertisement
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Full-page advertisement for Peoria tractors, titled: "Simplicity + Durability." The page features two overhead illustrations of a chassis; the top image shows gear shields removed, and the bottom image shows gear shields in place. The top headline reads: "A More Serviceable Tractor was never Built." The bottom headline reads: "When Better Tractors are made they will carry the name Peoria."
1918
Peoria Tractor Corporation
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WHi 91998
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1918
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Front cover of an advertisement for the Peoria Tractor Company featuring the silhouettes of a barn and a farmer on a tractor against a setting sun and an inset illustration of a man plowing a field...
