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  Men on Frick Steam Traction Engine, Farm

  This is a photograph of unknown men on a Frick Steam Traction Engine, on a farm, possibly in Livingston County, Michigan.  It was labeled, "Howell at Plain".

  Tags farm, livingston county, steam engine, steam traction engine, unknown
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  Sawmill, Steam Traction Engine, Livingston County, Michigan

  This is a photograph of a steam traction engine powering a sawmill believed to be in Livingston County, Michigan.  The exact location, names of the persons, and date are unknown.

  Tags livingston county, lumber, sawmill, steam traction engine, unknown
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  Avery Steam Traction Engine and Threshing Separator and Crew

  This is a photograph of an Avery Steam Traction Engine and Threshing Separator and Crew; it was included in the First National Bank of Howell's 2/1996 Calendar and was captioned, "In the early 1900's, the threshing crew traveled from farm to farm to thresh grain".   
  
  The exact location, names of the threshers, and date are unknown.

  Tags farm, grain separator, steam traction engine, threshing, unknown
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  Traction Steam Engine with Unknown Men, Pinckney, Michigan

  This is a photograph from a glass negative labeled Pinckney, Michigan showing a Frick Traction Steam Engine with unknown men aboard.

  Tags pinckney, steam engine, steam traction engine, unknown
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  Sutton Farm, Hartland Township, Fenton, Michigan, Plow Day 2008

  Remembering Sutton Farm, Fenton, Michigan Plow Day 2008 George Winegar and Joyce Fisher interviewed and captured Plow Day for the Howell Area Archives, Howell, Michigan at the Sutton Centennial Farm, Fenton, Michigan (HCDL-bd-Sutton-Farm-Plow-Day_m.mp4).
  
  Sutton Farm was located on Fenton Road, just south of Holtforth, Hartland Township, Livingston County, Michigan.
  
  The exact date of the event is unknown.  The background noise of tractors makes hearing the dialogue difficult.
  

  • Names:George Winegar, Joyce Fisher (voice), Elaine Wyckoff Sutton, Sutton Farm, Fred Buckner, Tom Tooley
  • Tractors: John Deere, Massey Ferguson, McCormick Deering Farmall, White, International, Allis Chalmers
  • Steam Traction Engine: owned by Fred Buckner, Howell, Michigan, Peerless, manufactured by the Geiser Manufacturing Company
  • Equipment: plows, corn sheller
  • The names of the others in the video are unknown.

  Tags farming, fenton, hartland, howell, plowing, steam traction engine, unknown