[AJD] Found some old pictures today...

[greg at theoldtractorcompany.com]

Chris
Really enjoyed the pics, glad they're saved
Greg


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On Mon Sep  3 13:31 , Chris C <jdnutinwa at yahoo.com> sent:

>I am digging through my 'archives' today and stuck in
>my Yakima Hitch file I found some old black and white
>pictures that were in a box of stuff I found when my
>grandparents passed away.  
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>   Two are of the first tractor on the farm,  a GP, 
>and one is of what is now My A,  only when it was now
>out in front of my Great Uncles house in the early
>50's when the Skagit River flooded.  
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>   The other two are of threshing operations,  one is
>on my grandparents farm probably in the early teens, 
>I have no idea on the other. 
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>    The last picture is of a modified truck and
>trailer called 'Big Aggie'(named after his wife) built
>by my great uncle in France in WWII.  He was in the
>Corp. of Engineer's they used this set up to retreive
>battle damaged tanks and haul them back to salvage or
>rebuild.  Then General Eisenhauer saw this setup in
>action.  He and his unit got some sort of comendation
>for it,  and Freuhauf Trailer was out measuring and
>taking pictures of it within a week to mass produce
>it.   In his hand writing on the back of the picture
>he wrote that the trailer would haul 60 tons.  I
>remember him saying they had put a v-12 gas engine of
>some sort in the truck,  and it had 3 transmissions.  
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>     Farm Equipment Pictures:
>http://public.fotki.com/jdnut/john-deere-equipment/old-black-and-white/family-equipment/
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>     Truck Picture:
>http://public.fotki.com/jdnut/kenworth-trucks-1/big-aggie/bigaggie.html
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>      Thought I would share them..
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>           Chris
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