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Farm Your Farm
1915
Advertisement for the Peoria tractor featuring two photographs of men plowing in a field with tractors, along with the headline "Farm Your Farm. The Tractor You Will Eventually Buy --- Why Not Now?...
"Horses vs. Profit" Pamphlet
1918
Cover of a pamphlet produced by the Velie Motors Corporation to advertise the Biltwel 12-24 tractor. The text, entitled: "Horses vs. Profit", is illustrated with a drawing of a young boy using a te...
Cletrac Farming is Better Farming
1920
Advertisement for the Cletrac tank-type crawler tractor featuring illustrations of the machine in use in farm fields; the image at left depicts plowing while the photograph at right shows fitting t...
Boring Tractor Advertisement
1920
Back cover of a pamphlet advertising the Boring tractor with a headline reading: "You want a practical tractor -" and a rear-view illustration of a man using the tractor in a farm field.
Cletrac Tank-Type Tractor
1920
Advertisement for the Cletrac tank-type crawler tractor featuring photographs of the tractor in action on a farm. The photographs illustrate, clockwise from top left: "Hay Loading with the Cletrac,...
Emerson-Brantingham Farm Equipment
1920
Color illustration of a man using an Emerson-Brantingham tractor and plow in a field, accompanied by the caption: "Put Your 100 Acre Farm in the 1000 Acre Class."
