The Sandusky Tractor 15-35 Model E advertisement – Vintage Wall Art
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A window into the past: The Sandusky Tractor 15-35 Model E advertisement, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Sandusky Tractor 15-35 Model E advertisement
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The Sandusky Tractor 15-35 Model E is the subject here, a machine that drew attention for its heavy-duty build and the 15-35 designation, which referred to its horsepower ratings at the drawbar and belt. Tractor makers of the early twentieth century often ran advertisements like this one to persuade farmers that a gasoline-powered machine could replace teams of horses and mules on large acreage. Sandusky, a company based in Ohio, competed in a crowded field of manufacturers during the years when mechanized plowing was spreading across the Midwest and Great Plains. Advertisements of this kind are worth studying closely, since their claims about power, durability and fuel use reveal what buyers were being asked to value at the time.
| Original scan | 2,395 × 1,813 px · prints to 8 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3567868873_8fa18d33ba_o 1917 Sandusky Tractor dok1 |
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