Friday, July 15, 2016
Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association
The 67th Annual Reunion of the MVSTA was held at Pastime Park in Plain City.
The featured tractor was the Minneapolis Moline.
The "World's Finest Tractor"
Notice the log holding the seat in place....
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In 1915, Moline Plow Company purchased the Universal Tractor Company of
Columbus, Ohio. The product line was moved to Moline, Illinois.
The Moline Universal Tractor was a two-wheel unit designed for use with
the farmer's horse-drawn implements as well as newly developed Moline
tractor-drawn implements.
The Universal tractor was commonly referred to as the 1st Row Crop tractor.
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Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company began producing steam traction engines in 1889 in the town of Hopkins, MN.
By 1911, MTM was building tractors under the MINNEAPOLIS name.
MTM built many large tractors that were better suited for sod breaking and not row crops.
Cross-motor row-crop tractors were built later.
In the 1920's until the M-M organization in 1929, MTM products were advertised as part of "The Great Minneapolis Line."
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In the early 1900's, Minneapolis Steel Machinery Co. was primarily a structural steel producer.
In 1908, MSM produced a tractor under the TWIN CITY name.
Through the 1920's, MSM was producing TWIN CITY tractors and used slogans like "Team of Steel" and "Built To Do The Work".
After 1929, this line was still produced under the Minneapolis-Moline Twin City
tractor banner.
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Steam M-M operating the saw mill.
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Steam M-M operating the veneer mill.
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A miniature steam engine operating a miniature saw mill.
A couple of youngsters were bringing coal to the steam engine.
Under the supervision of their father.
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Other interesting sights:
Original John Deere plow from 1837
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John has an uncle who favors M-M.
We got him a T-shirt as an early b'day present.
Not to worry.
His aunt and uncle don't have a computer....
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Thursday, July 07, 2016
Alexandra
Three weeks old.
Two weeks old.
Almost five weeks old.
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Greenville: Farm Power of the Past
John Deere was the featured tractor.
Wonder if the sewing machine works...
All 16 threads are woven together to make a shoe string.
A Montgomery Wards meal and flour grinder.
Montgomery Wards: does that bring back memories...
And there was a good share of 'red' tractors also.
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Bridgewater Falls Cruise-In
Bridgewater Falls hosts a Cruise-In Tuesday evenings throughout the summer.
We walked around, looking at over 300 cars.
This car had a pair of small saddle shoes in the back window.
Remember those?
Bradenton: The Friendly City
An Avanti.
Will it hold my retired teacher friends going to a meeting?
A Dodge Dart Swinger.
I had one of those many years ago.
Only mine was dark blue.
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It was a nice evening for a Cruise-In.
For a stroll over to Dick's to purchase a new bathing suit.
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