Post Cards

By Staff
Published on March 1, 1971
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The Geiser on the saw mill at Pion-Era 1969.
The Geiser on the saw mill at Pion-Era 1969.
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Photo taken on September 20,1970, during the Lafayette Indiana Home Hospital Fair. The Illiana Steam and Hobby Club faithfully exhibits each year with log-sawing, meal grinding cider pressing, etc. Shown above is Leonard Mann's 1917 Case Engine, No. 34091
Photo taken on September 20,1970, during the Lafayette Indiana Home Hospital Fair. The Illiana Steam and Hobby Club faithfully exhibits each year with log-sawing, meal grinding cider pressing, etc. Shown above is Leonard Mann's 1917 Case Engine, No. 34091
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To the right Mr. Nipper explains his Advance-Rumely to an interested viewer. I have no data on engine to left. (That engine is Miss Dottie and has been pictured in our magazine before - has been to the shows. - Anna Mae.)
To the right Mr. Nipper explains his Advance-Rumely to an interested viewer. I have no data on engine to left. (That engine is Miss Dottie and has been pictured in our magazine before - has been to the shows. - Anna Mae.)
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The Oderkirk Museum's noisiest member - ''Smokey Joe'' - Popular too! ''Smokey Joe'' No. 97 gives the tourists a treat.
The Oderkirk Museum's noisiest member - ''Smokey Joe'' - Popular too! ''Smokey Joe'' No. 97 gives the tourists a treat.
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J. G. Warnock on 8 hp. Case at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
J. G. Warnock on 8 hp. Case at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
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The Red River Special - Nichols & Shepard engine pulling fan at 1969 Pion-Era.
The Red River Special - Nichols & Shepard engine pulling fan at 1969 Pion-Era.
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Kitten engine at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. J. G. Warnock in foreground.
Kitten engine at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. J. G. Warnock in foreground.
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Model Nichols & Shepard engine, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Model Nichols & Shepard engine, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
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6 hp. Nichols & Shepard at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
6 hp. Nichols & Shepard at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

The engineer was Ezra Coats of Templeton, Ind. (seated), who
with a group of school children, posed on the rear platform.
Permeating the atmosphere

under the giant oak trees at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds,
was a pleasant aroma of brewing coffee, oily steam, saw-dust, corn
meal, fresh apples, and soft coal smoke. This made the older

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