Avery Steam Tractor Traction Engine Peoria IL 1904 World Fair Farm Trade Card

Avery Farm Machinery, Peoria, IL. Early Steam Traction Engine / Tractor / Steam Engines / Threshers / Water Tanks, etc. Doors' open to reveal: "Yellow Fellow" Thresher Outfits - A Typical American Threshing Scene.

Products list includes: Vacuna Walking and Riding Cultivators / Corn Queen Corn Planter / Farm Wagons. Cotton & Corn Stalk Cutters / Threshers / Straw Bruisers / Water Tanks / Engines... Famed for its undermounted engine which.

Resembled a railroad engine more than a conventional farm steam engine. One of their inventions was the Avery Thresher, a popular threshing machine from the late 19th century and early 20th century. The thresher was driven from the flywheel of a steam traction engine. A belt from the flywheel drove a wheel found on the thresher, separating the wheat kernels from the wheat stalks.

Avery founded the farm implement business after the Civil War. His company built a large line of products, including. Steam engines, beginning in 1891. The company started with a return flue design and later adapted the undermount style. Including a bulldog design on the smokebox door. Their design was well received by farmers in central Illinois. They expanded nationwide and overseas until the 1920s, when they failed to innovate and the company faltered.

They manufactured trucks for a period of time, and then automobiles. Until they finally succumbed to an agricultural crisis and the Depression. 4.75 x 3 inches - Opens to Approx. 9.5 x 3 inches. CONDITION: Fold creases are good with NO separation; a bit of aging and surface scuffing as shown.

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Type of Advertising: Victorian Advertising Trade Card
Antique Card Display Condition: Evidence of aging flaws and wear as shown in scans
Authentic Antique Card Guaranteed by: Dave Cheadle Card Store
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Size of Antique Card: Opens to Approx. 9.5 x 3 inches
Date of Creation: Dated 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
Color: Multi-color
Brand: Avery Farm Machinery, Peoria, Ill.