Snapshots of the Past

Kemp machine works tractor of 1913 with Kemp 6 cyl. air-cooled engine – Historic Print

Kemp machine works tractor of 1913 with Kemp 6 cyl. air-cooled engine, [1913?] — historic photograph
Kemp machine works tractor of 1913 with Kemp 6 cyl. air-cooled engine, [1913?]. Historic photograph from the Barns & Farms collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Kemp machine works tractor of 1913 with Kemp 6 cyl. air-cooled engine. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Kemp machine works tractor of 1913 with Kemp 6 cyl. air-cooled engine

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

A 1913 Kemp tractor powered by a six-cylinder air-cooled engine sets this print apart from other farm-machinery views on the board. Air-cooled engines shed heat through metal fins and moving air instead of a water jacket and radiator, which made them lighter and removed parts that could leak or freeze, so makers of both tractors and early aircraft found them appealing. The catalog record also lists airplanes as a subject, a pairing that reflects how closely engine design for farm and flying machines overlapped in the 1910s. The date is marked with a question mark, so 1913 is best read as an estimate.

Created / published[1913?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJones Collection. No. 514A A.S.
SubjectsAirplanes--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,186 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-213330

More from the Barns & Farms collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

Burgess tractor of Burgess Co. & Curtis, 100 HP Renault, sold Army Air Service and delivered Oct. 21, 1913Burgess tractor of Burgess Co. & Curtis, 100 HP Renault, sold Army Air Service aHenrich tractor built to meet 1914 Army specifications. 110 Gyro engine / photo by Jos. Burt, Mineola, N.Y.Henrich tractor built to meet 1914 Army specifications. 110 Gyro engine / photo Tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation, MississippiTractor driver. Aldridge Plantation, MississippiMaster of the tractor factory, participant in the defense of Tsaritsyn (Volgograd), Petr Rodionovich Solotukhin showing tanks to the Hero of the Soviet Union, Sr. Lt. Khazov / Georgii Zel'ma.Master of the tractor factory, participant in the defense of Tsaritsyn (VolgograCotton Ginning and Cleaning: numbered machine illustrationsCotton Ginning and Cleaning: numbered machine illustrations[Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie][Gasoline plow & gasoline road machine working on reclaimed prairie]