The finished cabin has stood the test of time and the rigors of extreme winter weather for several decades. In America’s formative years, it was a common activity for neighbors to gather at a person’s ...

During World War II, gasoline was rationed. Using ration books like this one, motorists were limited to a weekly allowance of gasoline, although farmers and truckers could get all the fuel they needed ...

The use of a pretty face has a long and successful history in the field of commercial art. Here, the image of a sweet country girl is used to market cream separators. In an effort to compete with ...

Jim Robinson’s (Derby, Conn.) well-preserved and fully functional HE Payloader dating to the early 1950s. The simple curves in the loader arms increased wheel clearance, allowed for larger carry loads ...

This New Holland Model 320 is representative of later, more streamlined hay balers that used an in-line plunger. The New Holland Model 66, introduced in 1953, was the industry's first PTO-powered ...

Secretary Baker and Army Chief of Staff General Peyton March ride happily on the 5-ton as it pulls a 4.7-inch howitzer and limber. Rear view of the 5-ton tractor showing gas tanks behind the seat (one ...

Top: A Defiance claw hammer, one of five offered. Bottom: A machinist’s hammer, one of four offered. Both have the original paper Defiance label. Two 10-inch wrenches. The wrench labeled by Defiance ...

To the farmer, the invention of the tractor was almost as important as the invention of the reaper. It was Cyrus Hall McCormick’s reaper, introduced in 1831, that initiated the power farming era, when ...

When we talk about farming with mules decades ago, we tend to picture small operations. An Iowa ranch established in 1896 is a noteworthy exception. William P. Adams was an unlikely farmer. Born in ...

The Great Depression that caused so much trouble in the world during the 1930s ended only with the boom caused by World War II. For American farmers however, the downturn began shortly after World War ...

Five people were killed as the result of the explosion of a Case 110 steam traction engine in Medina, Ohio on July 29. The engine was being moved to the Medina County Fairgrounds, in preparation for ...

When this photo was taken in about 1918, this Cletrac was being used as a "plow horse." Note how narrow this Model F (the first Cleveland tractor to carry the Cletrac name) is. In 1918, farmers were ...