Post Card

By Staff
Published on March 1, 1980
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Courtesy of Everett Althaus, Mendota, Illinois 61342.
Courtesy of Everett Althaus, Mendota, Illinois 61342.
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Courtesy of Everett Althaus, Mendota, Illinois 61342.
Courtesy of Everett Althaus, Mendota, Illinois 61342.
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Courtesy of George C. Hollstein, 500 Foster Park Rd., RD 2, Amherst, Ohio 44001.
Courtesy of George C. Hollstein, 500 Foster Park Rd., RD 2, Amherst, Ohio 44001.
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Courtesy of Lee W. Pedersen, 78 Taft Avenue, Lynbrook, New York 11563.
Courtesy of Lee W. Pedersen, 78 Taft Avenue, Lynbrook, New York 11563.

One of the largest hopper cooled engines ever built-a 25 HP
Witte, 10 inch bore, 16 inch stroke; hopper holds 40 gallons of
water at 3/4 full level.

Courtesy of Jack Versteeg, 3935 Cooley Drive NE, Salem, Oregon
97303, who comments: ‘In years past when castings of this size
were made they really had to think big.’

Owned by Clyde Schurman, Woodland, Washington. Posing is Les
Layton, (6’4′), show manager of Antique Powerland; shown at
Antique Powerland Farm Fair 1979.

Another four wheel drive-not as old as some. This is a Harris
built in California about 1948. It is a skid steer tractor with
clutches like a crawler, with a six cylinder Chrysler engine.

This was a ‘basket case’ when I bought it, and it still
needs a lot of work, but is now running. I have no idea how many of
these are around. This is the only one I have ever seen. I also
have a few oil pulls and Hart Parrs.

Threshing oats on Althaus’ farm in 1930 with 1926 John
Deere, Model D, two cylinder, 15-27 tractor and 1920 Aultman Taylor
27-42 New Century threshing machine.

Threshing oats on Althaus’ farm in 1930 with 1926 John
Deere, Model D, two cylinder, 15-27 tractor and 1920 Aultman Taylor
27-42 New Century threshing machine.

George Althaus on straw stack, Lester Althaus on thresher
running blower, John Althaus by feeder, Jake Buettner on rack
wagon, pitching bundles in machine; Ed Wolf by tractor. The rest of
the crew was out in this field or unloading the oats in bin.

Drea White stands astride a large two cylinder gasoline or oil
engine near Lake Minnewaska, New York. Originally an electrical
generating facility, it stands long abandoned.

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