Posted 12 years ago
broots
(5 items)
I have not seen anything like this. I have poured over Google, Ebay and Yahoo. It has a Patent date on the back on the paper of April 14th and July 21st, 1896. Also a city - Newark N.J USA Above that it says "The Whit------d & ---
I would like to know the origin or anything else one might know. Thanks in advance.
Thanks Mus, is there any value in it? I'd like to start a collection.
Broots, isn't it amazing how you can throw a feather into CW & come up with everything but the DNA on the bird?
You got that right. I looked everywhere and just happened on this site. Nice to start a collection knowing what the heck I have :)
Depicts a stationary horizontal GAS engine.
http://gasengine.farmcollector.com/gas-engines/Inside-Olds.aspx
Picture of an engine mounted to a tractor 1905
http://books.google.ca/books?id=uhDMcRGcGWMC&pg=PA573&lpg=PA573&dq=OLDS+GAS+ENGINE+WORKS,+LANSING,+MICHIGAN&source=bl&ots=Qtcx3p_Agb&sig=pDdlDnyx6NINTUiUdqgctMvaJlk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xafrUITMNorS2QXUrIDgCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CFcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=OLDS%20GAS%20ENGINE%20WORKS%2C%20LANSING%2C%20MICHIGAN&f=false