Engineer and Fireman aboard Peerless Traction Engine, Pulling Grain Separator, 1896
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Artifact Overview
Some agricultural steam engines had to be hauled from farm to farm by teams of horses. Some - like the one pictured here - moved under their own power. At harvest time, this self-propelled traction engine towed the attached grain separator to a farm, where it would also power the separator to remove straw from grain and chaff.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
May 1896
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
86.18.109
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 6.75 in
Width: 8.875 in
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