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Rural Street Scene |
Rural Street Scene. |
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Machine Shop where castings were machined into precision parts for the best steam tractor engine |
Machine Shop where castings were machined into precision parts for the best steam tractor engine. |
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Best Manufacturing Co., Davis St., San Leandro |
This is the foundry where sand castings were made for most of the parts. |
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1905 |
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Best Manufacturing Co., Davis St., San Leandro ca 1904 |
Inside Best's Assembly building, showing several steam traction engines being completed. |
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1904 |
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Best Steam Traction Engine Pulling a Best Combined Harvester No. 626 |
Best Steam Traction Engine Pulling a Best Combined Harvester No. 626. |
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1904 |
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Best Sidehill Harvester |
Beth Holt and Best machines were of the "pulled" type and cost about $1.25 to $1.50 per acre to operate, including maintenance, depreciation, labor and horses. |
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1904 |
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Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Illinois |
This caption appears with this photo: Appearance of a photographer in the field meant a lengthy work stoppage, as all hands mugged the camera. Mother and daughter dropped harvest time meal preparations long enough to don their Saturday night best and get into the act. |
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1904 |
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Best Steam Tractor Engine Pulling Combined Harvester |
Notice fancy flowered painting on front and arrow above front wheel to point the direction of the wheel. |
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1904 |
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Best Steam Traction Engine |
"Made especially for hte Middle River Farming Co., Stockton, California." |
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1904 |
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Best Manufacturing Co., about 1904 |
This building was torn down for a new one in 1916. |
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1904 |
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