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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1932 (includes original specification sheet), Ford Motor Company Limited patented improvements in a tractor pulley. Henry Ford's first attempt at a car company under his own name was the Henry Ford Company on November 3, 1901, which became the Cadillac Motor Company on August 22, 1902, after Ford left with the rights to his name. The Ford Motor Company was launched in a converted factory in 1903 with $28,000 in cash from twelve investors, most notably John and Horace Dodge (who would later found their own car company). The first president was not Ford, but local banker John S. Gray, who was chosen to assuage investors' fears that Ford would leave the new company the way he had left its predecessor. During its early years, the company produced just a few cars a day at its factory on Mack Avenue and later its factory on Piquette Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Groups of two or three men worked on each car, assembling it from parts made mostly by supplier companies contracting for Ford. Within a decade, the company would lead the world in the expansion and refinement of the assembly line concept, and Ford soon brought much of the part production in-house in a vertical integration that seemed a better path for the era.

Henry Ford was 39 years old when he founded the Ford Motor Company, which would go on to become one of the world's largest and most profitable companies. It has been in continuous family control for over 100 years and is one of the largest family-controlled companies in the world

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1932 (includes original specification sheet), William Triggs, on behalf of The Cleveland Tractor Company, patented a lubricating system for tractors. CLETRAC, INC., a manufacturer of tractors for military and civilian use, was organized by ROLLIN H. WHITE as the Cleveland Motor Plow Co. in 1916, with capital of $6 million. White, a founder of the WHITE MOTOR CO., had 10 years earlier formed this new firm to produce the crawler-type tractor he had developed for general farm use. First located at Euclid Ave. and Lamb, the plant later moved to 19300 Euclid Ave. Renamed Cleveland Tractor Co. in 1917, the company sold 40,000 tractors in the U.S. and 70 foreign countries during its first decade. In the early 1930s, the needs of the Civilian Conservation Corps. and public works projects kept the plant open and by 1937 the firm, which employed 1,500 workers, enjoyed record tractor sales here and abroad. Two years later, the company introduced 3 new lower-priced tractors with 4-cylinder engines for use by the small farmer.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1932 (includes original specification sheet), Ford Motor Company Limited patented improvements in and relating to tractors. Henry Ford's first attempt at a car company under his own name was the Henry Ford Company on November 3, 1901, which became the Cadillac Motor Company on August 22, 1902, after Ford left with the rights to his name. The Ford Motor Company was launched in a converted factory in 1903 with $28,000 in cash from twelve investors, most notably John and Horace Dodge (who would later found their own car company). The first president was not Ford, but local banker John S. Gray, who was chosen to assuage investors' fears that Ford would leave the new company the way he had left its predecessor. During its early years, the company produced just a few cars a day at its factory on Mack Avenue and later its factory on Piquette Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Groups of two or three men worked on each car, assembling it from parts made mostly by supplier companies contracting for Ford. Within a decade, the company would lead the world in the expansion and refinement of the assembly line concept, and Ford soon brought much of the part production in-house in a vertical integration that seemed a better path for the era.

Henry Ford was 39 years old when he founded the Ford Motor Company, which would go on to become one of the world's largest and most profitable companies. It has been in continuous family control for over 100 years and is one of the largest family-controlled companies in the world

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1933 (includes original specification sheet), International Harvester Company of Great Britain Limited patented improvements in or relating to tractor couplings for tractor-drawn and tractor-operated implements. The International Harvester Company was founded in 1902 in Chicago, USA, the result of the merger of the two leading manufacturers of harvesting machinery in the USA. These were the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and the Deering Harvester Company. Three smaller companies, the Milwaukee Harvester Company, the Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company and the Plano Manufacturing Company, were also brought into the merged business. Of the constituent companies, McCormick traced its origins to 1831, when Cyrus Hall McCormick had developed his first successful mechanical reaper. He exhibited at the Great Exhibition at London in 1851, winning the show’s highest award, the Council Medal. By 1909 International Harvester had established branches in several European countries.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1932 (includes original specification sheet), William Triggs, on behalf of The Cleveland Tractor Company, patented frames for tracklaying tractors. CLETRAC, INC., a manufacturer of tractors for military and civilian use, was organized by ROLLIN H. WHITE as the Cleveland Motor Plow Co. in 1916, with capital of $6 million. White, a founder of the WHITE MOTOR CO., had 10 years earlier formed this new firm to produce the crawler-type tractor he had developed for general farm use. First located at Euclid Ave. and Lamb, the plant later moved to 19300 Euclid Ave. Renamed Cleveland Tractor Co. in 1917, the company sold 40,000 tractors in the U.S. and 70 foreign countries during its first decade. In the early 1930s, the needs of the Civilian Conservation Corps. and public works projects kept the plant open and by 1937 the firm, which employed 1,500 workers, enjoyed record tractor sales here and abroad. Two years later, the company introduced 3 new lower-priced tractors with 4-cylinder engines for use by the small farmer.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1888, A. Heucke patented steam ploughs. A plate having inclined slots is attached at each side of the frame. Transverse bars for supporting the frame are passed through the slots, and are supported by links, the lower ends of which are slotted and mounted on the main axle.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1889, C. Hamann patented an improvement in shears. A shear is a cutting instrument in which two blades move past each other, like scissors but typically larger.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1888, N. Bird patented improvements relating to roughing-attachments which consist of plates of various forms which clip the shoe and are either roughened themselves or carry detachable roughing-pieces.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1888, J. Huxtable patented poultry coops. Relates to an appliance which can be used as a setting box, laying nest, and fattening, separating, or chicken coop.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1932 (includes original specification sheet), International Harvester Company patented improvements in or relating to potato harvesting machines. The International Harvester Company was founded in 1902 in Chicago, USA, the result of the merger of the two leading manufacturers of harvesting machinery in the USA. These were the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and the Deering Harvester Company. Three smaller companies, the Milwaukee Harvester Company, the Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company and the Plano Manufacturing Company, were also brought into the merged business. Of the constituent companies, McCormick traced its origins to 1831, when Cyrus Hall McCormick had developed his first successful mechanical reaper. He exhibited at the Great Exhibition at London in 1851, winning the show’s highest award, the Council Medal. By 1909 International Harvester had established branches in several European countries.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1932 (includes original specification sheet), International Harvester Company patented improvements in or relating to potato harvesting machines. The International Harvester Company was founded in 1902 in Chicago, USA, the result of the merger of the two leading manufacturers of harvesting machinery in the USA. These were the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and the Deering Harvester Company. Three smaller companies, the Milwaukee Harvester Company, the Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company and the Plano Manufacturing Company, were also brought into the merged business. Of the constituent companies, McCormick traced its origins to 1831, when Cyrus Hall McCormick had developed his first successful mechanical reaper. He exhibited at the Great Exhibition at London in 1851, winning the show’s highest award, the Council Medal. By 1909 International Harvester had established branches in several European countries.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1888, J. Lewis patented improvements relating to a bier or hearse for use without horses. A metal or wooden flooring is mounted on four wheels, the two front wheels being adapted to swivel on a bogie.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1888, G. G. M. Hardingham patented halters. The hitching strap or rope of a halter may be made in two parts, each of which can be connected to a detachable ring on the stall, adapted to be automatically released if a horse gets its leg over the hitching-strap.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1888,D. Petrie patented improvements to martingales for equestrian purposes. The martingale is split at its upper end into two straps which pass in opposite directions through the loop in the strap and are attached after encircling the nose to rings which are supported by cheek straps and which in turn support a ring through which the martingale passes.

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On this original linen-backed lithograph from 1888, J. T. Barlow patented improvements to collars and traces for horses. The object is to transfer the draught from the shoulders to the breast. The collar consists of two parts, namely, a neck part and a breast part, suitably padded and connected by straps.