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  1. Cambridge Walking Plow - Plow

    Cambridge Walking Plow. Plow has solid iron blade, painted red with an unfinished wooden beam out front to the back of which are mounted to unfinished wooden handles with curved grips. Metal brackets extend down from front beam. There is a small wheel in front with "spokes" comprised of three circular openings.

    Record Type: Object

    Cambridge Walking Plow
  2. Gale Single-bottom Walking Plow - Plow

    Single Row Horse-Drawn Walking Plow. Wooden hangles attach to wooden beam and center iron piece, painted orange, that holds blade. V-shaped handle unit is mounted so that it can pivit from side to side. Wood has clear laquer varnish.

    Record Type: Object

    Single Row Horse-drawn Walking Plow
  3. Hilling or Levee-making Plow - Plow

    Hilling or Levee-making Plow has a disk blade on left and a rectangular blade on right. Long wooden beam is oak. Handles are oak with red paint, except for curved grips which have a clear varnish finish. Steel parts affixing blades to handles and beam are painted red. A small oak horse tree is mounted at bottom of right handle.

    Record Type: Object

    Hilling or Levee-making Plow
  4. John Deere Wood-beam Walking Plow - Plow

    John Deere wood-beam walking plow has a red painted beam, front wheel, cross bar and metal rod connecting handles to beam. Metal part attaching blade to beam is painted green. Handles are oak with a clear varnish. Front double bracket has six holes on each side for attaching horse rigging.

    Record Type: Object

    John Deere Wood-beam Walking Plow
  5. John Deer Steel-beam Walking Plow - Plow

    John Deer Steel-beam Walking Plow is steel with yellow paint over green paint. Blade is painted green. Handles are solid unfinished oak with curved grips and a metal rod as a cross bar. Vertical double-bracket at front with seven holes on each side for mounting rigging. Large blade was probably used with softer soil.

    Record Type: Object

    John Deer Steel-beam Walking Plow
  6. John Deer Sulky Plow - Plow, Sulky

    John Deer sulky plow is solid iron with a painted green body and painted yellow seat and wheels. There is a large spoked wheel on left side, a smaller spoked whell at front right and a solid wheel at back just behind blade. Seat is spade-shaped and is outlined with two rows of perforated holes. There is a long leer on right and left sides and a smaller kick-lever in center. Springs accompany various beams of body.

    Record Type: Object

    John Deer Sulky Plow
  7. Lynchburg Hillside Plow - Plow

    Lynchburg Hillside Plow. Solid iron plow is painted red with natural colored laquered wooden curved handles coming to a point and mounted to plow just behind blade. Iron braces are painted red and join handles to curve of front piece. Handles have two wooden dowel cross pieces.

    Record Type: Object

    Lynchburg Hillside Plow
  8. Oliver 33 Steel-beam Walking Plow - Plow

    Oliver 33 steel-beam walking plow has a steel beam that is painted red. Oak handles with clear varnish have two wooden dowel cross-bars. Beam is affixed to blade with red-painted parts and a red steel angled cross-bar is just above blade for support.

    Record Type: Object

    Oliver 33 Steel-beam Walking Plow
  9. Oliver No. 2 Vineyard Plow - Plow

    Oliver No. 2 vineyard plow is solid steel except for oak grips on handles. Blade, body and handles are painted green, while angle rod and wheel are painted black.

    Record Type: Object

    Oliver No. 2 Vinyard Plow
  10. Oliver Plow 0.97, pat. 1896 - Plow

    Oliver Plow 0.97, pat. 1896. Large curved unfinished metal paddle on one side with simlar metal plate on other. Bck of paddle, metal upright support near point and wood frame are painted red. There is a curved metal support near the base of the two handle arms with "OY510" embossed on it. Grips are unfinished wood at tips of handle arms.

    Record Type: Object

    Oliver Plow 0.97, pat. 1896
  11. Oliver Plow 20 - Plow

    Oliver Plow 20. Metal only part of Oliver 20 Plow. Right side has curved paddle and there is a metal support on left; both pieces meet in front at point of blade. Remnant of wood attached to back of paddle.

    Record Type: Object

    Oliver Plow 20
  12. Oliver Two-Bottom Walking Plow - Plow

    Oliver two-bottom walking plow is solid iron with three vertical levers: one above back blade and other two above front blade. It has two double-spoked wheels, a spring above beam and a horizontal bracket a front with ten holes for mounting rigging.

    Record Type: Object

    Oliver Two-Bottom Walking Plow
  13. Two-Bottom Walking Plow - Plow

    Heavy solid iron two-bottom walking plow with iron eight-double-spoke wheels on either side. Outer edge of wheels is bulbous. Two large flat-bottomed serpentine blades extend out back right. Three spring-rod levers are mounted to top center of body to adjust wheel and blade height and angle. Heavy center iron beam has harness holes in front.

    Record Type: Object

    Two-Bottom Walking Plow
  14. Vineyard Plow - Plow

    Vineyard plow is solid steel with blue paint throughout except for small disk blade which is painted red. Grips wrap over ends of steel handles.

    Record Type: Object

    Vinyard Plow
  15. Vulcan Slat-sided Plow - Plow

    Vulcan slat-sided plow. Iron beamed plow is painted red with black painted oak wooden handles. Handles extend down behind blade, are supported by two wooden dowel crosspieces and mounted to beam by two flat iron bars. Blade has pointed triangular end with four open slats in back.

    Record Type: Object

    Vulcan Slat-sided Plow
  16. Wood-beam Walking Plow - Plow

    Wood-beam walking plow is made in the John Deere style. It has a solid oak beam and handles with clear varnish; steel blade attachment, wheel, wheel mount and vertical bracket for mounting rigging are painted green. Steel cross bar and angle rod that connects handles to beam are painted red.

    Record Type: Object

    Wood-beam Walking Plow

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