Trade catalogs of heavy equipment and machinery, 1884-1973.

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Trade catalogs of heavy equipment and machinery, 1884-1973.

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Brochures, catalogs, handbooks, periodicals, instruction books, and other ephemera relating to tractors, crane buckets, excavating and construction equipment. Includes selected issues of Caterpillar times, from 1913-1919, and issues no. 13-24, 37-60 of Caterpillar magazine.

51 items (1 box) : ill.

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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