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Besser Tractor
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Advertisement for the Besser tractor featuring a photograph of a man using the tractor and a disk harrow in a farm field. The text reads: "The Besser. A General Purpose Kerosene Tractor for Every Farm. Representing all that is best in Tractor Design, Material & Workmanship."
1920
Besser Manufacturing Company
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W012U8C
WHi 97196
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