STORY OF PICTURES

By Staff
Published on May 1, 1969
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Courtesy of Arthur Matthiesen, 15 East 10th St., Grafton, North Dakota 58237
Courtesy of Arthur Matthiesen, 15 East 10th St., Grafton, North Dakota 58237
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Courtesy of Arthur Matthiesen, 15 East 10th St., Grafton, North Dakota 58237
Courtesy of Arthur Matthiesen, 15 East 10th St., Grafton, North Dakota 58237
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Courtesy of Arthur Matthiesen, 15 East 10th St., Grafton, North Dakota 58237
Courtesy of Arthur Matthiesen, 15 East 10th St., Grafton, North Dakota 58237

15 East 10th St. Grafton, North Kadota 58237

Two of my pictures are of my mini Hart-Parr tractor and Buffalo
Pitts Thresher. These little machines are entirely hand built and
the thresher is glass enclosed so you can see all the working
parts. The thresher really threshes like the big original. The
tractor runs on gasoline and moves on its own power. They are both
built one quarter scale to the original tractor and thresher.

The pictures were taken at Saskatoon, Canada at the Western
Development Museum. It was during their Pion-Era show in July,
1968.

This little miniature outfit has been shown many times at
Rollag, Minnesota and has been on display in many places throughout
the mid-west and Canada. It attracts a lot of attention and large
crowds wherever it is shown. I have been invited to display it at
many places throughout the United States and Canada.

It took over five years of my spare time to build this complete
outfit and I enjoyed every minute of it. The tractor is a duplicate
of a 1903 Hart-Parr 30-60. The thresher is a duplicate of a 1902
Buffalo Pitts 44-68, with a Maple Bay blower. The sound is just
like the original.

Pictures were taken by a friend of mine, Ludvig Helland of
Grafton, North Dakota.

Shows the whole outfit moving to its first setting for threshing
at Saskatoon, Canada. That is me standing by the tractor. Other
people are unknown.

This is a scene of actual threshing. The man feeding the
thresher is Bob Oihus, Jr. I am shown walking toward the oat
sheaths. Rest of the people unknown.

This picture shows the museum and old-time horse drawn fire
engine and other old time machinery. To the far right, you can see
our stack of oats. All three pictures were taken at Pion-Era,
Saskatoon, Canada.

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