Agricultural Equipment Catalogs
Firms represented by five pieces or more with the years of coverage and the number of pieces:
Advance-Rumeley Thresher Co., Inc. LaPorte, Ind. ;1906-1933? ; -- 45 pieces
Allis-Chalmers-Rumeley, Milwaukee, Wis. ;1932-1941 ; -- 26 pieces
Aultman & Taylor Machinery Co., Mansfield, Ohio ;1905-1923 ; -- 15 pieces
Avery Power Machinery Co., Peoria, Ill. ;1905?-1938 ; -- 103 pieces
A.D. Baker, Co., Swanton, Ohio ;1907-1935 ; -- 30 pieces
Banting, Mfg. Co., Toledo, Ohio ;1916-1929 ; -- 12 pieces
Robert Bell Engine and Thresher Co., Ltd., Seaforth, Ontario ;1920?-1934 ; -- 8 pieces
Belle City Mfg. Co. Inc., Racine, Wisc. ;1903-1943? ; -- 40 pieces
Birdsell Mfg. Co., South Bend, Ind. ;1928? ; -- 5 pieces
Buffalo Pitts Co., Buffalo, NY ;1905?-1916? ; -- 11 pieces
Carter-Mayhew Mfg. Co., Minneapolis, Minn. ;1935 ; -- 5 pieces
J.I. Case Co., Racine, Wis. ;1908-1941? ; -- 121 pieces
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Ill. ;1925?-1940? ; -- 138 pieces
Clark Machine Co., St. Jonesville, Montgomery Co., NY ;1920?-? ; -- 9 pieces
Clayton & Ahuttleworth, Ltd., Lincoln, England ;1930?-1931? ; -- 29 pieces
Climax Corp., Batavia, NY ;1926-1935 ; -- 19 pieces
Cockshutt Plow Co., Ltd. Canada ;1932?-1940 ; -- 10 pieces
John Deere Co., Moline, Ill. (and other locations) ;1928-1952 ; -- 297 pieces
Dion & Frere, Ste. Therese de Blainville, Quebec ;1928?-1937 ; -- 15 pieces
Doylestown Agricultural Co., Doylestown, Pa. ;1926-1935 ; -- 15 pieces
J.R. Ebersol, Milverton, Ontario ;1936-1937 ; -- 8 pieces
Ellis Keystone Agricultural Works, Pottstown, Pa. ;1924?-1935 ; -- 29 pieces
Emerson-Brantingham Implement Co., Inc. (Includes Geiser Brand Machinery sold by E.B.), Rockford, Ill. ;1915?-1929 ; -- 16 pieces
Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Chicago, Ill. (& Winnipeg, Manitoba) ;? ; -- 9 pieces
Farmers’ Independent Thresher Co., Springfield, Ill. ;? ; -- 5 pieces
A.B. Farquhar Co., Ltd. York, Pa. ;1910-1937 ; -- 43 pieces
Ferguson Grain Thresher Co., Maxville, Ontario ;1930-1934 ; -- 10 pieces
Frick Co., Inc., Waynesboro, Pa. ;1905-1943 ; -- 36 pieces
Frost and Wood Co., Ltd., Smith Falls, Ontario ;1931-1934 ; -- 5 pieces
Gaar, Scott and Co., Richmond, Ind. ;1904-1915 ; -- 10 pieces
Gehl Bros. Mfg. Co., West Bend, Wis. ;? -1950 ; -- 5 pieces
Geiser Mfg. Co., Inc., Waynesboro, Pa. ;1909-1935 ; -- 29 pieces
Gleaner Combine Harvester Corp., Independence, Mo. ;1928-1939 ; -- 34 pieces
John Goodison Thresher Co., Ltd., Sarnia, Ontario ;1902-1936 ; -- 38 pieces
Harrison Machine Works, Belleville, Ill. ;1905-1936 ; -- 35 pieces
Hart Grain Weigher Co., Peoria, Ill. ;1915-? ; -- 4 pieces
Hart-Parr Co., Charles City, Iowa ;? ; -- 2 pieces
Huber Mfg. Co., Marion, Ohio ;1907-1942 ; -- 85 pieces
Hume-Love Co., Mfg., Garfield, Wash. ;1931-1936 ; -- 10 pieces
Illinois Thresher Co., Sycamore, Ill. ;1914-1926? ; -- 12 pieces
International Harvester Co. of America, Inc., Chicago, Ill. ;1910-1949 ; -- 160 pieces
Keck-Gonnerman Co., Mt. Vernon, Ind. ;1902-1937 ; -- 57 pieces
MacDonald Mfg. Co., Stratford, Ontario ;1905-1926 ; -- 7 pieces
Massey-Harris Co., Inc., Racine, Wis. (& Toronto, Ontario) ;1926-1937 ; -- 76 pieces
Messinger Mfg. Co., Tatamy, Pa. ;1917?-1937 ; -- 29 pieces
Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co., Minneapolis, Minn. ;1929-1942 ; -- 82 pieces
(merger of Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co., Minneapolis Thresher Co., and Moline Implement Co.)
Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co. ("Twin City Co.") ;1925-1929? ; -- 12 pieces
Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co., Minneapolis, Minn. ;1905-1929 ; -- 29 pieces
Matthew Moody and Sons Co., Terrebonne, Quebec ;1905?-1927 ; -- 8 pieces
Nichols & Shepard Co., Battle Creek, Mich. ;1907?-1930 ; -- 38 pieces
(After 1930 see Oliver Farm Equipment Sales Co., Chicago)
Oliver Farm Equipment & Sales Co., Chicago, Ill. ;1930-1941 ; -- 71 pieces
Orangeville Mfg. Co., Orangeville, Pa. ;1931?-1935 ; -- 15 pieces
J.L. Owens Co., Minneapolis, Minn. ;1917?-1928? ; -- 9 pieces
Pioneer Thresher Co., Inc., Shortsville, NY ;1926-1938 ; -- 14 pieces
Plessisville Foundry, Plessisville, Quebec ;1933?-1937? ; -- 19 pieces
Port Huron Engine and Thresher Co., Port Huron, Mich. ;1905/6-1926 ; -- 4 pieces
Reeves & Co., Columbus, Ind. ;1907-1914 ; -- 7 pieces
(Swayne) Robinson & Co., Richmond, Ind. ;1905?-1910? ; -- 6 pieces
The Russell and Co., Massillon, Ohio ;1907-1923 ; -- 14 pieces
Sawyer and Massey Co., Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario ;1904-1928 ; -- 22 pieces
C.H. Turner Mfg. Co., Statesville, NC ;1926-1938 ; -- 15 pieces
Wagner-Langemo Co., Minneapolis, Minn. ;1926-1929 ; -- 17 pieces
Waterloo Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario ;1905-1942 ; -- 83 pieces
Westinghouse Co., Schenectady, NY ;1913?-1923 ; -- 5 pieces
George White & Sons Co., Ltd., London, Ontario ;1915?-1942 ; -- 32 pieces
Wood Bros. Thresher Co., Des Moines, Iowa ;1911-1940 ; -- 40 pieces
Seventy-three other firms are represented by less than 5 pieces. The collection consists of sales catalogs and other promotional materials, price lists, owner's manuals, and illustrated parts lists. The collection is housed in the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections of the Michigan State University Libraries, and is available for use on site. Photocopying services are available.
The collection continues to grow as additional materials become available for purchase, and contributions illustrating the history of agricultural equipment are welcome. Anyone wishing to make use of the collection and any contributors of materials may contact Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections at (517) 884-6471.
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