Early Farm Tractors: A History in Advertising Line Art

by Jim Harter

Book Overview

Providing an interesting glimpse into the steam traction engines and internal combustion tractors that revolutionized the world of farming, this collection focuses on American tractors from the late 1850s to the beginning of the Great Depression. With farm journal advertisements--dating from 1909 through 1929--this account considers how something as ordinary and utilitarian as a tractor seems to have inherent standards of good design, correct proportion,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609402529
• ISBN13: 9781609402525
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Wings Press (TX)
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 12.0"