Mogul 8-16 Kerosene Tractor advertisement – Vintage Wall Art
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A window into the past: Mogul 8-16 Kerosene Tractor advertisement, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Mogul 8-16 Kerosene Tractor advertisement
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The Mogul 8-16 was a kerosene tractor built by the International Harvester Company, and this advertisement puts its claims front and center for farmers weighing a costly purchase. Kerosene was cheaper than gasoline in the 1910s and early 1920s, so a machine that could run on it promised real savings at a time when many farms were still working with horses and mules. Tractors of this era were heavy, loud, and often unreliable, so the pitch to buyers rested on fuel economy and plowing power. The ad is a useful window into how manufacturers tried to win over a skeptical rural market.
| Original scan | 1,300 × 900 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3616554647_34e6d8c2d1_o 1917 Mogul dok1 |
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