Who was O. N. Geer?
A book dealer has sold us three small photographs of horse-drawn
teams belonging to Omar N. Geer, but he could not remember where he
bought them. He thinks it may have been in Indiana. One of the
photos, shown Above, depicts a wagon hitched to a steamer. The
other two show wagons in front of Geer’s livery barn.
If you know who Geer was, or are related to him, or want these
for your collection, they are yours for the $3.00 we paid for them,
plus 18 Pennsylvania sales tax, plus 15 postage to you $3.33.
Beginning with steam traction engine No. 77, Holt removed the
wheels….and replaced them with a pair of tracks in 1904.Each
track frame was 30′ high, 42′ wide and 9′ long. Tracks
themselves were 3′ x 4′ wooden slats. Holt figured the
tracks had as much bearing surface as wheels 75 feet in diameter.
Courtesy of F. Webster Advertising Caterpillar Tractor Company,
Peoria, Illinois 61602.
Minneapolis 28-85 steam engine on the plow at the Rogers
Threshing Show. Restored by Joe Logas of Buffalo, Minnesota.
Featured on this month’s cover is a 16 HP Waterloo just
watered before heading home. Photo taken on Puntlege Street,
Courteney, British Columbia, Canada July 1977.
WOOD, TABER & MORSE’S
STEAM ENGINE WORKS.
FARM EQUIPMENT POSTER (Wood, Taber & Morse were pioneers in
the manufacturing of steam powered farm machinery). Circa 1885.
Best combines like these claimed a capacity of 2,000 sacks
daily. Daniel Best began building combines in 1886.
