"Avery Tractors, Plows, Separators and Steam Engines," 1916

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Artifact Overview

Farmers invested in machinery to reduce the back-breaking labor of agriculture. Two Illinois farm boys, Robert H. and Cyrus M. Avery, incorporated the Avery Planter Company in 1883 to build corn planters, cultivators, and corn-stalk cutters. Avery added steam traction engines and threshing machines in 1891 as grain farms proliferated. This 1916 catalog featured gas, oil, and steam engines at work.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Trade catalog

Date Made

1916

Subject Date

1916

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2017.0.18.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Blue
Yellow (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 8.5 in
Width: 11.5 in