1930 McCormick-Deering Farmall Tractor

 This tractor (serial #QC97964) was made by International Harvester Company in Chicago, Illinois. Called the "Regular" after other Farmall models were introduced in the early 1930s, IHC produced 134,442 Regular Farmalls from 1924 to 1932. This particular Farmall was reportedly used on the Charles Matzner Farm near Gresham, Nebraska, in York County, about 70 miles east of Grand Island.
 The Regular Farmall's Nebraska Tractor Test was #117, performed from September 14th to September 19th, 1925. You can view this test as a pdf provided by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by clicking or touching here.
 The maker of this tractor, International Harvester Company, was formed when an agreement was made on August 12, 1902 between people representing five different firms that specialized in harvesting equipment. Those firms were the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company; the Deering Harvester Company; the Plano Harvester Company; the Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company; and the Milwaukee Harvester Company. As you walk around Stuhr Museum's exhibit, you will see several other items made by International Harvester Company, including four other tractors.

 If you look near the front of this Farmall, you might notice that it has a Vortox Manufacturing Company air cleaner. This air cleaner has two patents dates. The earlier date, July 18, 1922, corresponds to patent 1423412, a patent for an air cleaner issued to Herman H. Garner, which you can view as a pdf here. The later date, August 15, 1922, corresponds to patent 1426177, a patent for a wet filter air cleaner issued to Herman H. Garner, which you can view as a pdf here. Initially created in 1918 by Herman Garner as Pomona Air Cleaner in Pomona, California, the Vortox Manufacturing Company acquired the Vortox name in 1924. In 1928, the company moved to nearby Claremont. Today, Vortox Air Technology, Inc. traces its history back to Garner and his Pomona company. You can read their narrative history of the company on their website by clicking or touching here.