Gary Eberspacher
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This is what I wanted to post here and not the IH Combine. I would like to know the model # of the Oliver 2 Row Pull-type Corn Picker that was bought on the Black Market bought during the war in 1944. My dad thinks my grandfather paid $100 to $150 over list for the corn picker. The picture was taken in 1945. I'm trying to document all the combines and corn pickers my family has owned since my grandfather and his two brothers bought a Russell Steam Tractor and a Nichols & Shepard Separator. I have already documented all the tractors my family has owned since 1929 when my grandfather bought the first tractor a 15-30. I have all the tractors from 31 farmers past and present for total of 251 tractors. I haven't decided what to do with the Russell Steam Tractor. I just found out about it this fall. I don't know the exact date it was purchased or what horsepower plus it was only used for threshing. It may be around a 1912 or a little earlier and around 18 horsepower from information I got from a picture I posted on a forum for steam tractors. I could use this as the first tractor but since it was only used for threshing unless I can come up with some more information about the Russell I will probably stay with the 1929 15-30 as our first tractor.
Gary Eberspacher
Gary Eberspacher
