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Russell Graders Photo Archive: Photographs from the Higgins Collection of the Shields Library, University of California, Davis , edited by P.A. Letourneau, published by Icongrafix,, Osceola, Wisc., 1993. 8½ x 11 (landscape) paperback, 142 pages. ISBN 1-882256-11-5 Please note this book is new, not used. After two pages of a short history of the Russell Grader Manufacturing Company, from its 1903 founding in Minneapolis, to its 1928 purchase by Caterpillar Tractor, Letourneau presents a rich panorama of photos, from the Higgins Collection of the Shields Library, University of California, Davis. Each photo takes up a full page, and is accompanied with a short caption. Some of the photos of Russell Blade Graders, Elevating Graders, and Planers show a number of interesting tractors being used to pull the scraper, including an Emerson-Brantingham Big Four “30â€, a Hart Parr “Old Reliableâ€, an Avery 40-80, McCormick-Deering 10-20, Holt Ten Ton, Holt 25-45, Caterpillar 30, Caterpillar 60, Case 22-40; Gas Traction Co. Big Four “30â€, and Twin City 60. The motorized graders shown include a Russell Motor Patrol No. 1, based on an Allis-Chalmers 2-wheeled tractor; Motor Patrol No. 2, based on a Fordson tractor; Motor Patrol No. 3, based on a McCormick-Deering 10-20; Motor Patrol No. 4, based on a Caterpillar Two-Ton; Motor Patrol No. 5, based on a Cletrac K-20; and Motor Patrol No. 6, based on a Caterpillar Twenty. * U.S. media (book rate) mail is $4.50. PLEASE NOTE that our experience over the 2004-5 holiday season was that an alarming number of books took over four weeks to be delivered to states west of the Mississippi River. We think—and hope—this probably has something to do with homeland security rather than any sudden deterioration of postal service, but we really do not know. All we know for certain is that we do NOT want to deal with a number of inquires and complaints about “Where’s my books?†when there is NOTHING we can do after we hand the package to the postal clerk and have the receipt in hand. If you want to use media (book rate) mail please wait at least four weeks before you contact us to inquire about the whereabouts of your book. And note that all we’ll be able to tell you is the date we mailed it from the Post Office. We will NOT be able to tell you where the book is, or when the Post Office is going to deliver it. The history of industrial, transportation, and agricultural development From Steam Engines . . . to Spacecraft (please look at our rules and privacy policy) |
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