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Best Manufacturing Company about 1889-90 |
L-R, top row: 5th Mr. Adolph Wimmer (pattern maker), 19th Mr. Harding (carpenter dressed in white), 30th "Brick" (foundry), 31st Doug Toffelmeier. Second row: 1st W.S. Peters (from Albany Oregon, Bookkeeper), 4th Chas. Q. Rideout (carpenter), 6th Mr. Tom? Sturtevant, 10th Mr. Geo.? Sturtevant (brother of previous), 13th Willie Steinkamp, 14th Mr. Huffmaster, (foreman of foundry), 16th Zack Best?. Third row: (all seated) 15th Mr. Larson (blacksmith), 18th William Reid, Jr. |
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1889 |
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Daniel Best's Grain Cleaner |
This is a late model. It won First Premium, State Fairs 1871 and 1893. |
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1871 |
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Best Street Car Motor, ca 1890 |
Best Street Car Motor, ca 1890. |
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1893 |
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Best Street Car, 1893 |
Supplying service between San Jose out towards Alum Rock Park, about 8 miles, and which was still in use on that suburban road in April 1893. |
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1893 |
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Best Electric Vapor Motor for Street Car |
This motor was built to run on a street railway line between Yuba City and Marysville, California, a distance of 4 miles. After its completion a number of newspaper reporters visited San Leandro to witness its work on a short line of railway built for experimental work. In operation on the Yuba-Marysville line a number of newspapers reported its actual operation a success. (PRP April 8, 1893, EandE April '64, 17). |
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1890 |
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Advertisement for Best Combined Harvester from Pacific Rural Press, 1893 |
Advertisement for Best Combined Harvester from Pacific Rural Press, 1893 (F. Hal Higgins Library). |
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1893 |
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Traction Engine Tug-of War illustration, 1896 |
"Last Monday afternoon (June 29, 1896) Daniel Best treated his employees to a novel exhibition. The new gasoline traction engine was hitched with large chains to the steam traction engine and both engineers put on full heads of steam. The result was that the gasoline engine hauled the steam engine around the block. This test was another demonstration of the superiority of the gasoline engine over the steam. Some minor changes are being made in the cooling pipes after which the engine will be ready to deliver to the parties for whom it was built." (From San Leandro Reporter July 4, 1896). This scene was recreated by Quince Galloway from Daniel Best's early patents (Nos. 602, 594, Apr. 19, 1898, and 436,931 Sept 23, 1890), and photos of the gas tractor, steam tractors, combine harvesters, the shop and its crew. Visible in this drawing are: (group in front of combines): Mr. Larson (blacksmith) far left, and Daniel Best (black suit, 3rd from left); (group on right front of combines): Mr. Huffmaster. |
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1890 |
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Best Manufacturing Company, probably in the Summer of 1898 |
Bottom row (seated on ground) 11th, Otto Best (son of Zack Best), 17th may be a Best. Second row: 9th, Danny Best, son of Zack Best, 24th Daniel Best, 29th Mr. Harding, 31st ? Best (son of Nathaniel), 32nd Mr. Huffmaster, 34th Edward Whitcomb, 40th "Brick", 41st Mr. Larson, 43rd "Dick" Richards, 45th, William Reid (Sr.), 47th C.L. Best, 49th Mr. William Reid Jr., and 50th, Mr. Peralta. Third row: 23rd, Sam Best, son of Nathaniel, 32nd, Fourth row: 8th, Frank Best (hand in pocket), son of Nathaniel. |
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1898 |
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Best's Horseless Carriage |
L-R Pearl Best (wife of C.L. Best), Lota Richards (daughter of Zack Best), Beth Gray (Pearl's sister), "Dick" Richards, and Otto Best. |
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1898 |
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C. L. Best Driving a Recent Product of the Best Manufacturing Company of San Leandro |
In the photo are L-R (unknown), C.L. Best (driving), Lottie Best, George Flint's Aunt Mary and two other ladies. |
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1898 |
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