| Field Name |
Field Value |
| Photo Identifier |
00001597 |
| Title |
Traction Engine Tug-of War illustration, 1896 |
| Description |
"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. |
| Year |
1890 |
| Picture |
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| GPS Latitude |
37.724891474063035 |
| GPS Longitude |
-122.16175423428467 |
| Address |
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| Contributor |
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| Old-style map grid reference |
D525 |
| Period date |
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