This is me, Tom Desaulniers, sitting behind a 1925 Jeager 1-1/2 HP gasoline engine that spent its life
on a cement mixer. Engine restored to like new in 1998.
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This is me, Tom Desaulniers, sitting behind a 1925 Jeager 1-1/2 HP gasoline engine that spent its life
on a cement mixer. Engine restored to like new in 1998.
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Very early John Deere "Linderman" crawler tractor.
Shot with Lubitel 166 camera. Fuji NPS 160 film.
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Galloway gasoline farm engine. They were used on farms before they had electricity in the country. They were used to run stove wood saws and corn grinders.
Shot with Lubitel 166 camera, 120 roll Fuji NPS 160 film.
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My 1909 International Harvester gasoline engine. Restored in 1995.
Minolta 16II, Fuji HC100 film. Shot in a warehouse with sunlight coming through skylights.
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Rumley Oil-Pull tractor. Circa 1900. These were started with gasoline. When the engine gets hot you switch over to kerosene. The engine is cooled with kerosene so the kerosene gets hot and burns easier. Note the iron wheels. Beats walking all day behind mules.
Paducah, KY Sept 1999. Minolta QT, Fuji HC100 film
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Rumley gasoline tractor. Circa 1915. Note steel cleated wheels.
Paducah, KY steam show, Sept 1999. Minolta QT, Fuji HC100 film
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Circa 1912 KECK & GONNERMAN steam traction engine.
Shot at Paducah, KY engine show, Sept 1999. Minolta QT, Fuji HC100 film.
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Circa 1890. KECK & GONNERMAN steam tractor under load. Pulling threshing machine shown in next picture.
Paducah, KY, Sept 1999. Minolta QT, Fuji HC100 film
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Threshing wheat the way they used to do it, the hard way.
Shot at Paducah, KY, Sept 1999, Minolta QT, Fuji HC100 film.
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The STERLING cycle heat engine was invented in Scotland in the early 1800s. Here is one built to pump water from a well or spring to a tank in the attic. This was the easy way before city water and electrification. Made circa 1875.
Paducah, KY steam show, Sept 1999. Minolta QT, Fuji HC100 film
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Very early lawn sprinkler. Note water cylinder used to rock the row of water jets to and fro. Circa 1920.
Paducah Steam Show, Sept 1999. Minolta QT, Fuji HC100 film
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Antique butter churn turned by 32 volt DC motor. Probably made in late 20s. This was the mechanical way to do it before rural electrification.
Shot in Paducah, KY, Sept 1999. Minolta QT, Fuji HC100
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Callie and Hobbes. Our two Kids on top of bookcase.
Available tungsten light, Minolta 16II with Fuji HC100 film
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Our "second set" of "parents". Best friends. Dudley and Ruth Prickett. Dudley was a Navy chaplain and was with the Marines in WW2, Korea and Viet Nam. The original "cool head".
Minolta 16II, Fuji HC100 film
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My Card
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