This photograph shows the gasoline-powered tractor that Iowan John Froelich invented in 1892. This tractor was the first of its kind that could forward and in reverse. After inventing this tractor, Froelich helped found the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company, which was purchased by the John Deere Company in 1918. Content can be used with the following standards: 4th grade SS 4.26 Changes to Agriculture in a lesson on development to agriculture in the late 1800s. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions.
2018.037.003 [Tractor]
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