Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
Mighty Man Garden Tractor Photograph and Advertisement Collection, 1947-1955
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Mighty Man Garden Tractor Photograph and Advertisement Collection
- Dates
- 1947-1955 (inclusive)19471955
- Quantity
-
45 photographic prints
15 items : advertisements and clippings - Collection Number
- PH0641
- Summary
- Photographs and advertisements for various Mighty Man Garden Tractor models and implements, from Tacoma, Washington, 1947-1955.
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Farm Equipment Division of Marine Iron Works, Inc. of Tacoma, Washington, manufactured Mighty Man Garden Tractors in the 1940s and 1950s. The small, two-wheeled tractors had two- and three-horsepower engines and handle bars for pushing, and could be fitted with various models of front- and back-end attachments such as snowplows, disc tillers, cultivators, mowers, and seats for riding.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of three albums (now disassembled) containing black-and-white promotional photographs of small tractors and tractor implements, as well as other equipment and machinery manufactured by Marine Iron Works. Many photographs are studio shots, several of which have been colored. A few images show the tractors in use. Albums also include advertisements in the form of newspaper clippings and flyers, and instructions and packing slips for the tractors.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Album 1, 1949-1955Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 1 | 1 |
Push tractor with front-attached, 7-bit
cultivator implement
Turner Richards Studio,
Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 1 | 2 |
Push tractor with rear-attachment,
multi-blade implement
Turner Richards Studio,
Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 1 | 3 |
Push tractor with rear-end seat and
disc tiller implement being demonstrated in field
Caption reads: "Riding Sulky. Pneumatic Tires. Adjustable
wheel spacing."
|
|
| 1 | 4 | Push tractor with front-attached plow
implement |
|
| 1 | 5 | Man demonstrating push tractor with
front-attached snowplow implement |
|
| 1 | 6 | Push tractor with front-attached plow
implement sitting in mechanical shop |
|
| 2 | 7 | Multi-blade attachment for
tractor |
|
| 2 | 8 | Man demonstrating push tractor with
rotary snowplow implement spraying snow |
|
| 2 | 9 |
Push tractor with 6-blade,
rear-attached cultivator implement
Turner Richards Studio,
Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 2 | 10 | Push tractor with rear-attached plow
implement
Turner Richards Studio,
Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 2 | 11 |
Push tractor with 8-blade disc
implement
Turner Richards Studio,
Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 2 | 12 | Push tractor with front snowplow and
sprayer implement
Turner Richards Studio,
Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 3 | 13 | Eight-blade disc implement for
tractor
Lee Merrill Photographers, Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 3 | 14 | Hilling tool plow implement for
tractor
John Bickel Photographic Illustration, Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 3 | 15 | Equipment of unknown
purpose |
|
| 3 | 16 | Pamphlet with product explanation and
illustrations with captions |
|
| 3 | 17 | Machinery in mechanical
shop |
|
| 3 | 18 | Helicopter rescue basket
Caption reads: "Helicopter Basket (rescue) presently being
manufactured by Marine Iron Works for the Air Rescue Service."
|
1955 |
| 3 | 19 | Metal equipment of unknown
use |
|
| 3 | 20-21 | Machinery in manufacturing
shop |
Album 2, 1949-1950Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 4 | 22 | Tractor with rear-attached plow
implement
Turner Richards Studio,
Tacoma (photographer)
Color-enhanced b&w photo.
|
|
| 4 | 23 | Mighty Man Tractor |
|
| 4 | 24 | Hilling tool plow implement |
|
| 4 | 25 | Disc implement with 8 12-inch discs,
attached to rear of tractor |
|
| 4 | 26 | Rear-attached cultivator implement on
tractor |
|
| 4 | 27 | Mighty Man Tractor |
|
| 4 | 28 | ||
| 4 | 29 | Plow implement for tractor |
|
| 4 | 30 | Tractor with front-attached snowplow
and sprayer |
|
| 5 | 31 | Metal wheel implement
Lee Merrill Photographers, Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 5 | 32 | Rear view of tractor and attached
single plow implement |
|
| 5 | 33 |
Man driving Mighty Man Tractor using
seat implement ("riding sulky") and towing trailer full of gourds down country
road
Lee Merrill Photographers, Tacoma (photographer)
|
ca. 1949 |
| 5 | 34 | ||
| 5 | 35 | Two Mighty Man Tractors in display
window of Ernst Hardware Company
Webster and Stevens Commercial Photographers, Seattle (photographer)
|
|
| 5 | 36 | Close-up of Mighty Man Junior Tractor
engine and structure
John Bickel Photographic Illustration, Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 5 | 37 | Tractor with front-attached sickle bar
mower
John Bickel Photographic Illustration, Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 5 | 38 | Mighty Man Junior Tractor
John Bickel Photographic Illustration, Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 5 | 39 | Tractor with snowplow and rotary
sprayer implement
Turner Richards Studio,
Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 5 | 40 |
Tractor with "riding sulky" seat and
2-disc hoe implement attached
Turner Richards Studio,
Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 5 | 41 | Rear view of tractor and single plow
implement |
Album 3, 1947-1950Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 6 | 42 | Clipping of headlines from
Tacoma News Tribune with photo of Jack Roberts,
Public Works Commissioner, pushing Mighty Man Tractor with snowplow |
1949 |
| 6 | 43 | ||
| 6 | 44 | Tractor with front-attached sickle bar
mower
John Bickel Photographic Illustration, Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 6 | 45 | Tractor with snowplow and rotary
sprayer
Turner Richards Studio,
Tacoma (photographer)
|
|
| 6 | 46 | Ernst Hardware advertisement clipping
from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
|
|
| 6 | 47 | Flyer for Mighty Man Tractor Models 5
and 7 with photos and captions |
|
| 6 | 48 | Flier for Mighty Man Rotary
Tiller |
|
| 6 | 49 | Price list for the Mighty Man line of
tractors and implements |
1950 |
| 6 | 50 | Knox Seed Co. advertisement clipping
from the Modesto Bee for Mighty Man
Junior |
1950 |
| 7 | 51 | Advertisement for Mighty Man Tractors
in Farm Implement News
|
1949 |
| 7 | 52 | Assembly instructions for Model 5
tractor |
|
| 7 | 53 | Advertisement for Mighty Man Junior in
Farm Implement News
|
1949 |
| 7 | 54 | Tacoma Seed Co. advertisement for
Mighty Man Junior |
|
| 7 | 55 | Tri-fold pamphlet for Mighty Man
All-Purpose Tractors |
1947 |
| 7 | 56 | Advertisement for Mighty Man Tractors
in Implement & Tractor
|
1949 |
| 7 | 57 | Three-part fold-out advertisement for
Mighty Man authorized dealer |
|
| 7 | 58 | Ernst Hardware advertisement for Mighty
Man Junior |
1950 |
| 7 | 59 | Poster advertisement for Mighty Man
Junior Cultivator |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Garden tractors--Photographs
- Rotary tillers--Photographs
- Snowplows--Photographs
- Tractors--Equipment and supplies--Photographs
Corporate Names
- Marine Iron Works (Tacoma, Wash.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Advertisements
- Clippings
- Photographic prints
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- John Bickel Photographic (photographer)
- Lee Merrill Photographers (photographer)
- Turner Richards Studio (photographer)
- Webster & Stevens (photographer)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Loading...
