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Economy Post Card

Digging around in the GEM archives, we came across this great photo of the Hercules Gas Engine Co.'s factory in Evansville, Ind. Taken some time around 1914-1915, this picture was used on a post card advertising Economy engines. But, when did Hercules make a black engine? Resident Hercules expert Glenn Karch offered this information on seeing the post card:

"That post card showing Economy engines in the final inspection phase at Hercules shows up every now and then on eBay and at flea markets. Remember, in those days (1914-15) photography was black and white, so any color you see was added by artists. In order to keep the picture from looking like a sea of red, some were colored black for contrast. There were no original black Economy engines that I know of."

Special thanks to Fred Bailey, Tomball, Texas, who sent this copy to the old Stemgas offices some time in the late 1990s. Most of us love...

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