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    • Checking clearance volume

    • Checking clearance volume

    • Farm tractors--Testing; John Deere tractors; Deere & Company; Smith, C.W.; Zink, Carlton; Brackett, E.E.; Hurlbut, L.W.; Schnitter, John G.; Hansen, Merlin

    • "1941. Checking clearance volume following test #366 of the John Deere B. From left to right C.W. Smith, Carl Zink, E.E. Brackett, L.W. Hurlbut, John G. Schnitter, Merlin Hansen." The tractor is hanging from its front wheels, because the engine...
    • Jacking tongue

    • Jacking tongue

    • Farm tractors--Testing; Equipment

    • The Jacking tongue on a Massey 55 load tractor lifting an Oliver 88 in the late 1940s. Side view of the jacking tongue at the rear of the Massey-Harris 55 used in tractor tests. The Oliver was also used as a load unit. This type of hitching made it...
    • John Deere R. test # 406, 1949

    • John Deere R. test # 406, 1949

    • Farm tractors--Testing; John Deere tractors; Deere & Company

    • "John Deere R during the Drawbar Test towing the Adams Test car and two load tractors. The old tractor test lab is in the background. The tractor operator is standing because he was probably fed up with sitting on a steel pan.
    • Caterpillar D-8

    • Caterpillar D-8

    • Tractors--Testing; Caterpillar Inc.; Crawler tractors

    • "D-8 Caterpillar being tested on the dirt track before 1956." Front view of Caterpillar crawler rounding the curve in the test track followed by the test car and six other tractors. The Adams test car was off-set from the main load. because its...
    • New concrete test track

    • New concrete test track

    • Visitors; Tractors: Drawbar test

    • Testing a tractor in background on the new concrete track at Nebraska tractor test station in Lincoln, Neb. The concrete track is shown next to the dirt track which was still used for steel track tests for a number of years. A visitor is shown...
    • John Deere GP

    • John Deere GP

    • Tractors; Farm tractors; Deere & Company; John Deere tractors

    • John Deere GP tractor mowing on a stubble field. Note the Rubber tire type (nobbie) which, at the time, was not used for Agriculture because the Tread was not "aggressive" enough for field work. This tire was usaed more on construction and...
    • Waterloo Boy tractor

    • Waterloo Boy tractor

    • Tractors; Farm tractors; John Deere tractors; Deere & Company

    • "Test no. 1 made in 1920. A Waterloo Boy tractor." Advertising image showing Waterloo Boy tractor. This looks like a 1917 model because it has the "fifth-wheel, locomotive type" steering. The 1920 model was tested with an "Ackerman (atomotive...
    • Chimney Rock sketch

    • Chimney Rock sketch

    • Chimney Rock (Neb.); Preuss, Charles,1803-1854; Nebraska Western Trails Project NSHS

    • Abstract Charles Preuss, a cartographer and draftsman assigned to FremontÆs party of explorers in 1842, drew a sketch on July 10. Because of his training, PreussÆs depiction of Chimney Rock, later turned into this engraving, probably was one of...
    • War club

    • War club

    • Indians of North America; Indian weapons--North America; Nebraska Western Trails Project NSHS

    • Abstract Because eastern tenderfeet anticipated armed confrontations with warring tribesmen, they expected to see chiefs in feathered headdresses wielding war clubs. Such sights were uncommon. The wagon trains usually encountered Native Americans...
    • Headdress

    • Headdress

    • Indians of North America--Clothing; Nebraska Western Trails Project NSHS

    • Abstract Because eastern tenderfeet anticipated armed confrontations with warring tribesmen, they expected to see chiefs in feathered headdresses wielding war clubs. Such fights were uncommon. The wagon trains usually encountered Native Americans...
    • Headdress

    • Headdress

    • Indians of North America--Clothing; Nebraska Western Trails Project NSHS

    • Abstract Because eastern tenderfeet anticipated armed confrontations with warring tribesmen, they expected to see chiefs in feathered headdresses wielding war clubs. Such sights were uncommon. The wagon trains usually encountered Native Americans...

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