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Why You Should Have a Tractor
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Advertisement for the Illinois Super-Drive tractor with six photographs of the machinery in use on farms. The headline reads: "Here Are Reasons Why You Should Have a Tractor." The photographs are captioned, (clockwise from top left): "Plow Deeper and Better," "Prepare Seed Bed on Time," "More Land Under Cultivation," "Harvest Crops on Time," "Power for Belt Work," and "Power for Road Work."
1919
Illinois Tractor Co.
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W012U8Q
WHi 97155
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What the Wallis Will Do
1920
Advertisement for the Wallis tractor, featuring multiple photographs of farmers using the tractor in the field along with a headline reading: "What the Wallis Will Do."
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...
Thresher in Field
1900
View down hill towards men using a tractor powered thresher in a field. In the background are a road, trees, fences and hills.
Fox Tractor Advertisement
1926
Advertisement for the Fox tractor featuring two photographs of the tractor in use in a farm field, a side-view illustration of the tractor, and a headline reading: "The Best Power for Heavy Belt Wo...
Denning Tractor
1918
Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Denning tractor featuring a rear view of a man using the tractor to work in a 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,...
