Minneapolis-Moline Company records, 1836-1982.

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Minneapolis-Moline Company records, 1836-1982.

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Records related to a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of farm tractors and implements and to several predecessor, related, and successor companies, including the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company, the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company, B.F. Avery & Sons Co., the Moline Plow Company, and the White Motor Corporation. The collection includes correspondence and subject files, printed materials (sales brochures, product catalogs, price lists, and annual reports), clippings, patent information, corporate newsletters, some public relations department files, films, photographs, and tractor schematics. Advertising material includes work produced by Argentine illustrator and painter Florencio Molina Campos. Most of the collection came either from the office of public relations director William W. Lundell or from his personal collection of Minneapolis-Moline materials. The films in this collection date from the 1950s to around 1966. The bulk of the films are related to farming or feature Minneapolis-Moline farming equipment, but some include footage from banquets, magic shows, and contests.

18.6 cu. ft. (20 boxes, 1 oversize folder, unboxed, and 1 microfilm reel).79 film reels : 16 mm.3 film reels : 8 mm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314379

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Rother, Donald E., 1915-1996.

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Moline Plow Company

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Motec Industries, Inc.

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Molina Campos, Florencio, 1891-1959

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B.F. Avery & Sons Co.

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Minneapolis-Moline Company

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The Minneapolis-Moline Company (MMC) was a large tractor and machinery producer based in Minnesota. It was the product of a merger among three companies in 1929: Minneapolis Steel & Machinery (MSM), the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company (MTMC), and the Moline Plow Company (MPC). Headquartered in Hopkins, Minnesota, production sites included Minneapolis's Lake Street and Como Avenue plants and Moline, Illinois. From the guide to the Minneapolis-Moline Company records., 1836-19...

Lundell, William W. 1900-1977.

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Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company

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Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company

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White Motor Corporation

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