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Best Tractors at Work
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Front cover of a booklet advertising Best tractors, featuring three photographs of the tractors used for road building and logging in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Maine.
1925
C. L. Best Gas Traction Co. (Oakland, Calif.)
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W012U35
WHi 97316
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Road Building the Best Way
1920
Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the C.L. Best Tractor Company's line of road building equipment, illustrated by a man using a crawler tractor on a road beneath a tree.
The Best "Sixty"
1920
Front cover of a booklet advertising: "The Best 'Sixty'" "tracklayer" tractor. The cover is decorated with a metallic embossment of the crawler tractor set against a dark background.
Best Sixty Tractor
1920
Side-view illustration of the Best Sixty tractor set against a black background.
Tracklayer Adverttising Brochure
1915
Front cover of a booklet advertising the C.L. Best Tracklayer tractor. The Tracklayer logo appears in metallic colors set against a brown background.
Quick Service
1925
Advertisement for C.L. Best tractors, promoting: "Quick Service from carefully selected vantage points also keeps Best Tractors on the job." An illustration of a United States map is at the top.
10-Ton Caterpillar Tractor
1925
Front cover of a booklet advertising the 10-ton Caterpillar tractor. The photograph in the center depicts a man using the tractor with a road grader.
