Steam Traction Archive
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January 1961
Earlene
The Sun seems tired and gives us more time for rest.""
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The ALBUM and I'm sure he would be happy to hear from some steam fans.""
The Bedford Steam Engine Preservation Society
The Saturday being devoted to the arrivals of the Engines.""
Midwest Old Settlers & Threshers Reunion
Over a hundred steam engines and tractors.""
Midwest Old Settlers & Threshers Reunion
Over a hundred steam engines and tractors""
REPORT OF 1960 REUNION
The comments from the crowd were most favorable.""
National Threshers
The testing was done on the original Baker Prony brake and the hp load was at the brake.""
Notes from the Empire State
The concentration in engines per square mile was unusually high.""
PITTS ENDLESS APRON THRESHER
Pitts Model of Endless Apron Thresher that was made in Dayton.""
Obituaries
Death saddens gordonites at centennial parade.""
Letters
The lookout for this type of equipment our last find was a 25-50 Baker Tractor.""
The Peacock Show
One of the reasons for the success of the show.""
The Chris Busch Threshing Bee
The great majority of the other reunions are held on a county fair grounds.""
BUILDING
The time I reached home I had forgotten your request.""
ZUMBRO VALLEY REUNION
The public enjoyed the big gas tractors pulling on the Baker fan in contrast to the Steam Engines.""
Dairyland Driftings
Bagged two old-timers and one gas engine.""
It Started A Revolution
The engine is one of a number of worthwhile exhibits in the Hall.""
The Ladies Page
Slinky cat Now had a tail like a scrounging rat.""
VACUUM AND HOT AIR ENGINES
The first function of the cycle is the opening of the admission valve.""
Junior Steamers
The engine had been fruitlessly pumping for nearly twelve months.""
NATIONAL PLOWING CONTESTS
The event is now staged under the auspices of the National Association.""
A Fourth Wasteful Engine
The Reeves double, Avery undermounted and Nichols & Shepard rear-mounted.""
The Andrew Tiller Saga
The women all adored him as he travelled on his route.""
SUGGESTIONS FOR REUNIONS
The pony brake and baker type fan are wonderful show.""
Postcards
The Lang & Button is not a very well known engine.""
Postcards
The Lang & Button is not a very well known engine""
March 1961
EARLENE
Christmas Cards""
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Words of philosophy""
A little About Ohio Valley Agricultural Works
Tilling the Soil""
Old Massillon Steamer Is Good 'Hand'
POWERS THRESHING MACHINE AS FANS LOOK ON""
REUNION REPORTS
Miami Valley Steam Threshers Show""
'59 Threshing Bee
Advance Tandem Comp""
Ed Peacock's Threshing Bee
Keck Gonnerman engines""
A REPORT OF THE WEST NEBRASKA THRESHING BEE HELD IN 1959
Cecil's team of Highland""
WISCONSIN ANTIQUE ENGINE CLUB BANQUET
Steam Engine Show""
STEAM FAN VISITS THRESHEREE AT EDGERTON, WISCONSIN
Pulton Congregational Church""
BUILDS WORKING MODELS -
Waukomis and Calumet""
REMINISCING -
Amen to a good engine""
Letters
Empire Builder""
Dairyland Driftings
American Thresherman""
Obituaries
Stevens Company""
The Ladies Page
Tent and Awning Company""
BOILER SAFETY
U. S. Naval and Marine Service""
RALPH'S LATEST BRAINSTORM
Casey Jones""
Postcards
Harrison Manufacturing Company""
SPARKS FROM OLD PLUGS
Fire-place mantle piece""
May 1961
EARLENE
Elmer and I enjoy attending the School functions of the children""
more about The Wind-Stacher
The librarians knew nothing about the Wind Stacker or its inventor""
Sawdust In Their Veins
Chugging steam engines with the enormous flywheels""
The Case
Case center crank engine and a wooden Case agitator separator""
LETTERS
Case steam traction engines and operating them in public parades""
A NEW REUNION
The organization is to be nonprofit""
MODEL BUILDING
The first value of building an engine is for the benefit of the builder""
1960 Power Progress Show OF THE AMERICAN THRESHERMAN ASS'N
The 1960 Show of the American Thresherman Association""
My Experience
A good engine now but they are getting scarce and awful high in price""
Dairyland Driftings
The wax was inadvertently poured into the system when a creamery vat boiled over""
The Ladies, Page
The gatherings of their steam engine enthusiasts""
Our Junior Steamers Page
The stack was 12 feet square at the base and 60 feet high""
Obituaries
The State Association of Steam Engines owners and operators""
MINIATURE BRAKES
The Sandley Light Railway Equipment Works of Wisconsin Dells""
SPARKS FROM OLD PLUGS
The large collection of antique tractors at the Austin Museum""
The Good Old Days
A 40 inch Case separator and a 30 hp Huber return flue engine""
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The 4 and 6 hp portables were quite popular years ago for pulling shingle mills""
POST CARDS
The Allegheny, one of the most powerful engines in locomotive history""
July 1961
THE COVER PICTURE
The automobile and farm machinery business""
EARLENE The School Marm SAYS
The nice pretty little white church""
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The steam engine for steaming tobacco beds""
""Uncle Tom"" Stacker
Thresher was used more to designate a separator""
Before 1900
Northern Illinois Steam Power Club""
EXPLOSION!
The machine the engine ""blew up"" or exploded""
Builds A Steam Boat
The boat draws three feet four inches of water""
The Ladies Page
Country Echoes""
55 YEARS OF THRESHING
The dust and dirt of the thresher""
Obituaries
The Antique Engines & Threshers Association""
DEATH VALLEY
The little museum in Furnace Creek Ranch""
THE STORY OF GEORGE KOPF
The 1914 threshing season""
LETTER
The Williams Grove Steam Engine Association""
POST CARDS
Antique Engine & Thresher Association show""
Dairyland Driftings
Collection of early-day literature""
September 1961
EARLENE
Greenfield Village""
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Wild West Town""
Amusing Incidents Of My Threshing Days
Model Agitator""
THE REINCARNATION OF AN OLD HORSE DRAWN STEAM ENGINE
State Highway Historic Marker""
A REPORT OF THE 17TH ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 22-24, 1961
NATIONAL THRESHERS ASSOCIATION""
OPERATING ANTIQUES STIR MEMORIES AT FOND DU LAC STEAM SHOW JUNE 10TH, 1961
Wisconsin Antique Car Club""
REUNION IN LOUISIANA
Parade in Pine Island""
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF STEAM PROPULSION
""The Route of The Fading Giant""""
Gassip from the Back Shop
Cross-S Flat farmers""
A Lifetime In Education
Mount Union College""
Dairyland Driftings
Mother Plasterer's Gingerbread""
DARKE COUNTY 1960 REUNION
Lillie Black""
48"" DIAMETER WELL
Chemical company""
The Ladies Page
Cook Books and recipes""
Building Boilers
Sandley Light Railroad""
Ruff & Tumble Folks -Over in Pa. and elsewhere
Just plain Hi! Fellers""
BOUND FOR LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA
Independence Parade""
STEAMING TOBACCO BEDS . . .
Aultman-Taylor engine""
Obituaries
Belmont Casket Company""
LETTER
Iron-Men Album Magazine""
SPARKS FROM OLD PLUGS
Rushville Meeting""
POST CARD
Marcus Leonard""
November 1961
EARLENE
A little 8 year old blind boy in my classroom with 33 other children""
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Elmer Ritzman, to come rolling in from the Reunions""
My Trip to Europe
The outer rows of posts are about 5 feet tall and the center row about 6 feet""
THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE
The mere possession of tools, gadgets and machines is not enough""
REMARKS BY LEROY W. BLAKER
The Baker uniflow engine was as economical as a good Woolf compound engine""
MEMORIES
The horses tugged and pulled around and around in a circle""
MY STORY
A 36-60 Avery Yellow Fellow Separator and an 18 hp Return Flue Avery Engine""
The Ladies Page
The milk is heated by being surrounded by steam jackets""
BOILER SAFETY STRESSED -
A steam gauge and saw it jump up from a couple of pounds to ten or more""
EASY-TO-BUILD ""AIR ENGINE""
Little engines and need more detailed information""
Dairyland Driftings
The 2 hp Sears gas engine operated the grain elevator""
EQUINE COMEBACK
The thinning faster and more economically than the big machines can""
THE THRESHERMAN
The Aultman-Taylor starved rooster""
THE RESTORING OF A SIX H. P. INTERNATIONAL GAS ENGINE
A new fuel pump plunger and a new cylinder head gasket""
Dad's Threshing Career
Engine then was an 18 hp Gaar-Scott and an Ottawa Sheller""
FROM ELDON WHITE
The Steam Engine and Old Threshermen survive forever""
Obituaries
A tractor and wagon made and hauled the children at the reunions""
LETTERS
The 12-36 Russell engine to the 22x 36 McCormick-Deering separator""
POST CARDS
The rest is from various discarded farm machinery""