[AT] Other related collections question for the list

[john hall]

I'll keep you in mind Al. Unfortunately we've got far more implement 
brochures than tractor brochures.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Other related collections question for the list


> John, When you get ready to get clear of some of those 140 brochures, let 
> me know.  I'd love to add one to the collection. I expect you have some 
> other pieces that would make me drool!!
>
>
> Al
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: john hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
>>Sent: Dec 20, 2011 10:39 PM
>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Subject: Re: [AT] Other related collections question for the list
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>>If literature comes my way, I keep it. We have got a ton of IH stuff since
>>dad worked at a dealer. I've got a massive pile of farm and construction
>>literature that needs to be thinned out. Honestly, who needs 20 sales
>>brochures for late model Farmall 140's? When I ever get the time I intend 
>>to
>>keep the 2 best of everything and put the rest on Ebay. One thing I find
>>real interesting are the salesman books showing the list prices and in a 
>>few
>>cases, deals being figured with individual farmers, some with trade-in
>>allowances. Unfortunately I don't know what happened to the rest of the
>>literature the dealer had. Hopefully it was sold when they closed up. It 
>>was
>>everything from horse drawn equipment to refrigerators. I never saw 
>>anything
>>from the truck division, they must have liquidated that when they gave up
>>the contract about 20 years before closing.
>>
>>We've also got the Remington and Mall chainsaw parts books--along with 
>>some
>>literature for other brands they had picked up for comparison.
>>
>>Other stuff we use is the entire line of Cub Cadet parts books through 
>>1991,
>>and all the air cooled engine, magneto, and Echo parts books. I sometimes
>>wish we had bought the service manuals for the IH items, but those went 
>>for
>>a small fortune at auction.
>>
>>John Hall
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Grant Brians" <sales at heirloom-organic.com>
>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 2:16 PM
>>Subject: [AT] Other related collections question for the list
>>
>>
>>>I collect other things than just antique tractors as has been clear from
>>> some of my list postings. I am curious about two closely related types 
>>> of
>>> collections other list members might have. Ephemera related to farm
>>> machinery (in other words old advertising covers and postcards and
>>> pictures
>>> and brochures related to the machinery) and postcards and covers that 
>>> are
>>> rural/historical in nature - i.e. related to the machinery because it is
>>> from the periods of the machinery that interests us and is from areas
>>> where
>>> the machinery was used. Do others accumulate such items? I know that the
>>> pictures and brochures are of interest to some on the list from past
>>> posts,
>>> but what about the other items?
>>>     What brought this to mind is that I am trying to put together an
>>> exhibit for our historical museum of the historical towns/rural post
>>> offices/rural gathering places that had post offices in our county in 
>>> the
>>> past. I think our county is typical of many around the country in that
>>> today
>>> there are only 4 post offices (in the two cities and the two small
>>> unincorporated "towns" that still exist here), but that historically 
>>> there
>>> have been roughly 39 post offices depending on how it is counted. Like
>>> much
>>> of today's midwest, there was a migration away from the homesteads that
>>> populated the hilly and mountainous parts of our county and while those
>>> parts of the county lost most of their population, the city grew and 
>>> grew
>>> and grew to where over 65% live in the city limits of the county seat 
>>> and
>>> easily 80% live in its sphere of influence.
>>>     My personal interest is not limited to just this county or even
>>> California in these covers and postcards and occasionally I come across 
>>> or
>>> someone gives me these kinds of items from all sorts of places and they
>>> are
>>> really interesting. Are they interesting to others on the list?
>>>
>>>          Grant Brians
>>>          Hollister,California Vegetable, Fruits and Nut farmer
>>>
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