POST CARDS

By Staff
Published on July 1, 1971
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The picture is of a 1912 special Minneapolis 32'' separator and 16 hp. Minneapolis engine, owned by the late Frank Houfek of Prague, Nebraska. Frank is standing on the engine platform. This rig threshed for my dad in 1913 the year I was born and this pict
The picture is of a 1912 special Minneapolis 32'' separator and 16 hp. Minneapolis engine, owned by the late Frank Houfek of Prague, Nebraska. Frank is standing on the engine platform. This rig threshed for my dad in 1913 the year I was born and this pict
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Picture is a large over shot wheel at Bomar Gardens shed in background has a line shaft which operates many mills and grinders. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.
Picture is a large over shot wheel at Bomar Gardens shed in background has a line shaft which operates many mills and grinders. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.
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It is the over shot and under shot water wheels at Bomar Gardens, Cheraw, South Carolina. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.
It is the over shot and under shot water wheels at Bomar Gardens, Cheraw, South Carolina. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.
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It is a hydraulic ram and rare type vertical shaft wheel. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.
It is a hydraulic ram and rare type vertical shaft wheel. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.
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It is a long sluce bringing water to this large wheel on water wheel row at the Gardens. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.
It is a long sluce bringing water to this large wheel on water wheel row at the Gardens. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.
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Engineer Thomas entertains the small fry at Bomar Gardens, Cheraw, South Carolina. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.
Engineer Thomas entertains the small fry at Bomar Gardens, Cheraw, South Carolina. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.
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A wreck on the Wheeling & LWE R. R. at Piney Fork, Ohio, in 1910 or 1912. Note the locomotive visible at the end of the bridge and also the row of houses hooked together which they called The Palace, used to house the miners and families. The wreck crane
A wreck on the Wheeling & LWE R. R. at Piney Fork, Ohio, in 1910 or 1912. Note the locomotive visible at the end of the bridge and also the row of houses hooked together which they called The Palace, used to house the miners and families. The wreck crane
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The Charlie Hunt threshing rig. This picture was taken in 1903 or 1904 on the Parkinson Farm at Little York, near Adena, Ohio. The engine has been identified as an early Leader. Charlie Hunt stands on the separator. Note The design of the casting being
The Charlie Hunt threshing rig. This picture was taken in 1903 or 1904 on the Parkinson Farm at Little York, near Adena, Ohio. The engine has been identified as an early Leader. Charlie Hunt stands on the separator. Note The design of the casting being
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This scale model Case threshing engine looked most realistic as it worked all day under steam at the Sarasota, Florida, March 1971 gathering. Courtesy of Denis McCormack, 404 W. Timonium Rd., Timonium, Maryland 21093.
This scale model Case threshing engine looked most realistic as it worked all day under steam at the Sarasota, Florida, March 1971 gathering. Courtesy of Denis McCormack, 404 W. Timonium Rd., Timonium, Maryland 21093.
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Peerless after getting some new flues during the Steam-up at Bomar Gardens, Cheraw, South Carolina. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.
Peerless after getting some new flues during the Steam-up at Bomar Gardens, Cheraw, South Carolina. Courtesy of Mrs. Elmer Ritzman, 808 Wertzville Rd., Enola, Penna. 17025.

(Mrs. Ritzman had been down to the Show at Antique Acres Bomar
Gardens in Cheraw, South Carolina and was going to write about it.
She asks me to tell you she is sorry that due to present
circumstances she did not get this done but she wanted you to see a
few of the pictures. Dave and Mary Egan were along with her on this
trip and Dave took the snaps. Anna Mae.)

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