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Lawrence H. Skromme had a long and productive career in the agricultural implement manufacturing industry. After earning a B.S. (1937) in agricultural engineering from Iowa State College (University), he worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (1937-1941), designed plows and implements for Ford-Ferguson tractors (1941-1951), and served as chief engineer (1951-1961) and vice president of engineering (1961-1978) at Sperry-New Holland. His agricultural machinery literature collection comprises catalogs, advertisement cards, and other materials published by dozens of implement manufacturing companies in the last half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century.
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Letter from The American Seeding Machine Company to D.F. Long, April 19, 1915
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P. P. Mast and Company 1886 Buckeye Cultivators catalog
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company advertisement
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Osborne Columbia Inclined Corn Harvester and Binder 1892 catalog
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Illustrated catalog for the Richardson Manufacturing Company
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International Harvester Company of America 1901 pocket book
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Pamphlet for the Ithaca Plow Sulk, Post, and Sharp, and Company
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Massey-Harris Company catalog
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The Original Kalamazoo Spring-Tooth Harrows;D. C. and H. C. Reed and Company catalog
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