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    • Oliver 88, Test #391, 1947

    • Oliver 88, Test #391, 1947

    • Farm tractors--Testing; Tractors--Testing; Oliver tractors; Oliver Corporation

    • Drawbar Test no. 391, 1947 Oliver 88. Homer Fishwood (Oliver Rep) is the driver. The Oliver 88 being is towing the Adams Test Car and two load tractors. The East Campus Power Plant is in the backgeround. The track is a "dirt track", which had...
    • Larsen Tractor Museum Collection
    • Ferguson TE-20

    • Ferguson TE-20

    • Farm tractors; Ferguson tractors; Larsen, Lester F., 1908-2000

    • Side view of a Ferguson TE-20 on the tractor test track. Lester Larsen is standing behind the tractor, and R. Hautzenroeder (Company Rep) is in the driver's seat. Note the tires used. This was not the V-lug type used on soils, but more a road...
    • Larsen Tractor Museum Collection
    • Twin City tractor, belt test

    • Twin City tractor, belt test

    • Farm tractors--Testing; Minneapolis-Moline Company; Twin City tractors

    • "Doing a belt test on a Twin City tractor." The tractor is tested with a "Prony Brake" dynamometer, which is a friction based type and very unstable in maintaining a constant load. This test was probable set up for a demonstration, because the much...
    • Larsen Tractor Museum Collection
    • 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...
    • Larsen Tractor Museum Collection
    • Emigrants walking the trail

    • Emigrants walking the trail

    • Overland Trails; Covered wagons; Nebraska Western Trails Project NSHS

    • Abstract Contrary to modern notions, many emigrants walked the trail. Far fewer rode horses or in a bumpy, already overloaded wagon. Shoes and socks became precious commodities. By the time travelers reached Chimney Rock, they had probably come...
    • Western Trails
    • 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...
    • Western Trails
    • Chimney Rock

    • Chimney Rock

    • Chimney Rock (Neb.); Carrington, Margaret Irvin, 1831-1870.; Nebraska Western Trails Project NSHS

    • Abstract In 1866 Margaret Irvin Carrington accompanied her husband, Colonel Henry Carrington, and 2,000 troops on their way to build Ft. Phil Kearny in Dakota Territory (present-day Wyoming). In an 1879 book she included an engraving with her...
    • Western Trails
    • Good conduct certificate

    • Good conduct certificate

    • Bissonnette, Joseph; Indians of North America; White Clay; Nebraska Western Trails Project NSHS

    • Abstract Joseph Bissonnette, a trader at Ft. Laramie, wrote this letter of recommendation for White Clay, a Cheyenne man. Native Americans in the Chimney Rock area played the role of friends to the emigrants far more often than not.
    • Western Trails
    • Covered wagon and oxen model

    • Covered wagon and oxen model

    • Oxen; Overland Trails--Description and travel; Wagon trains--Models; Nebraska Western Trails Project NSHS

    • Abstract Covered wagon/oxen model. Oxen were the preferred draft animal for a wagon. They were less expensive, easier to feed, more durable, and less attractive to thieves.
    • Western Trails
    • 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...
    • Western Trails
    • Covered wagon and oxen model

    • Covered wagon and oxen model

    • Oxen; Overland Trails--Description and travel; Wagon trains--Models; Nebraska Western Trails Project NSHS

    • Abstract Covered wagon/oxen model. Oxen were the preferred draft animal for a wagon. They were less expensive, easier to feed, more durable, and less attractive to thieves.
    • Western Trails
    • 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...
    • Western Trails
    • Ox shoe

    • Ox shoe

    • Overland Trails; Oxen -- Equipment and supplies; Nebraska Western Trails Project NSHS

    • Abstract Oxen were the preferred draft animal for a wagon. They were less expensive, easier to feed, more durable, and less attractive to thieves.
    • Western Trails
    • 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...
    • Western Trails

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