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John Harmon

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Can any one guess the date of this picture ,the Tractor Brand and the Threshing Machine Brand?Hint; The location is north eastern Labette Cty.Ks.
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Between February 15th 1912 and January 2nd 1959. Only know this by counting the stars on the flag. Thats my best guess... if I counted the right amount of stars.

Rick
 
Looks like a wooden one to me. I'm gonna guess Nichols and Shepard or one of their other names. Battle Creek built anyway is my guess.
 
Guess eh? Ok, the men have their sleeves rolled up, and shirt collars open, which I just haven't seen in many 1920s photos. Also the crew are wearing hats, so was not the case around WWII. The engineer looks to be wearing coveralls, while the crew are wearing bibs, (Osh-Kosh?). Have not noticed coveralls in 1920s photos. The paint is nearly all gone from the tractor, so its weathered a few years.
This is a really *posed* picture with the flag, even the pitch forks are posed the same, and with the flag, am thinking its real close to the beginning of WWII, thinking 1939. The leaves are on the trees, so its not late in the fall, wheat/oat harvest it is too late for July 4th, too early for Veterans Day. Also the picture is really in focus, not always the case with 1920s cameras. I would date it at 1939-1943. Nothing on the back of the pic?
 
No, I can't. But it is a wonderful picture and I thank you for sharing it with us. The burner on the tractor looks familiar, but the rest of it does not. In other words, it was not made in LaPorte, IN if you know what I mean. The thresher? No clue, but is magnificent.

Thanks again.

Mark
 
The tractor is an Avery, possibly a 40-80. In any event it is an early one with the round type radiator. Not sure about the thresher.
 
The more I look at it the closer to right I think you are Earl. The men just look too hokey and where are the boys and the dogs? Might even be in the 60s. When we had our centennial in 1961 we got out the old 48 star flag
 
That looks like a 1913 Avery 40-80 made in Peoria, IL. The picture looks like 1930's vintage. When did threshing rings go out of existence. Don't know for sure.
 
Avery 40-80 tractor with some early wooden thresher, maybe an Avery too, but it doesn't look like a Yellow Fellow, so possibly it's a Nichols and Shepard. Picture looks like it was taken about 1925-1928.
 
Picture was taken in 1919 at Montana Twp. Labette Cty.Ks. This is a threshing crew out of Parsons Kansas.The picture was taken on the neighboring farm to my GGGreat Aunts farm.Her Grand Son furnished me a copy of the photo along with a great amount of family geneology buisness. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Harmon,Daughter of Isaac and Rachel Harmon of Mannsville Kentucky.Isaac and Rachel were my GGGGrand Parents. Her husband was David Gunter ,son of Gideon and Polly Gunter of Mannsville Kentucky also.David was a brother to my GGGrand Mother,Amanda Gunter Harmon.Elizabeth died in 1896. David and Elizabeth at first lived in a Sod roofed bank house,but eventually built a handsome two storied Sears Roebuck House.The house still stands.
 
Do you a picture of that house? My family origianlly came from Ireland and Englad in the mid 1800s, and later one of them built a S&R Co housewith wood from the property, and am curious to see another like it.
 
No I don't have a picture of it .My understanding was it came complete on a railroad car which was side lined in Parsons and was hauled to the farm on wagons and teams.Kansas at that era lacked trees of the kind needed to build any thing so it came complete down to the door locks.A bath room was installed around 1935,according to my cousin.The family no longer owns the farm. It was dry land farming and suffered terrible during the dust storms of the depression years. I can appreciate the dust storm phenominum as we have had two series of dust storms here near Phoenix Az. this year. They are not pleasant to be in.Your best friend during one is a roll of duct tape.All our windows except two new Pellas are sealed with Silicone Caulk.
 
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