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My Early Days in Arkansas and IllinoisBy Melvin W. Smith23941 Strange Creek Drive Diamond Bar, California 91765 On this page are some pictures from my early days in Arkansas and Illinois. I was born in 1926, so I have relied on what my family told me and the photos they left. Approaching 1930, my parents went broke like many others. They had a sale of everything they couldn't get on the 1 /2 ton model T truck. My mother saved two of the sale bills and wrote down what price items brought, for example: cream separator $6.00; steam engine $10.00; water wagon $7.00; Fordson tractor $62.00; Wallis tractor $33.00; and kitchen range $2.25. 1917, my father with his Wallis tractor pulling three racks of bagged rice. It looks like a Fordson with three racks in the rear. They gathered all the kids (seven) and my dog. My mother was pregnant w... 780 of 1466 characters shown.
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