Steam Traction

Lifetime in Steam Captured on Film

By Iron-Men Album
Published on November 1, 1984
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T.M. Throndson with the HP model steam engine that he built in steam engineering school in 1909.
T.M. Throndson with the HP model steam engine that he built in steam engineering school in 1909.
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1910: Threshing with his father's 1904 75 HP engine.
1910: Threshing with his father's 1904 75 HP engine.
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1925: Throndson and son with a 65 HP Case engine.
1925: Throndson and son with a 65 HP Case engine.
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1942: Throndson adding oil to an Avery tractor that's pulling Minneapolis separator.
1942: Throndson adding oil to an Avery tractor that's pulling Minneapolis separator.
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1937: Case Model L tractor and separator.
1937: Case Model L tractor and separator.
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1960: Threshing on the Throndson farm using a Case separator.
1960: Threshing on the Throndson farm using a Case separator.
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1961: Throndson threshing near Longmont, Colorado, with 65 HP Case engine and Case separator.
1961: Throndson threshing near Longmont, Colorado, with 65 HP Case engine and Case separator.
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1961: With some of his cohorts: Jack Schlagel, Herman Schlagel and Ed Kronlik, and a 65 HP Case.
1961: With some of his cohorts: Jack Schlagel, Herman Schlagel and Ed Kronlik, and a 65 HP Case.

Thorvald M. Throndson of Eaton, Colorado, 100 years old in June, has been threshing most of his life. Iron-Men Album ran an article on him in the January-February 1984 issue (“Lifetime in Steam“), and here are more pictures from his photo album.

Click the Image Gallery link to the right to view all the photos.

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