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MINNESOTA UNIV. FARM MOTOR ADVTG POCKET MIRROR

119: MINNESOTA UNIV. FARM MOTOR ADVTG POCKET MIRROR

Celluloid obverse reads 'The Great Minneapolis Line Minneapolis Universal Farm Motor, Eats only when busy, the machine that will keep the boy on the farm.'
Background from farmcollector.com: 'The landscape changed quickly for the Minnesota-type Universal. In May 1910, Gas Engine magazine (unconnected to Farm Collector's sister publication of the same name) announced, "The property of the Universal Tractor Co. has been taken over by the Northwest Thresher Co., Stillwater, which will continue to manufacture the tractors and place them on the market."
In 1911, Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co. started selling the Universal as the "Minneapolis Universal Farm Motor." That company's 1914 catalog shows the tractor as a beefed-up 20 hp machine; 1915 was the last year the company sold the Universal.'
Measures 2.25 inches.
Some wear to mirror, celluloid in very good condition, as shown.
$75 - $125

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Saturday, December 2nd 2017


SOLD - $170

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