Quincy Gasoline Tractor - Somerset Steam and Gas Association Pasture Party 

I came across a farm implements catalog from 1916 that lists the Quincy Gasoline Tractor Company, along with dozens of other tractors from various manufacturers. Most of the companies on that roster are long forgotten. One of the forgotten companies on that list, along with Quincy,  was the Waterloo Gasoline Tractor Company. A few years later, Waterloo was bought by the second largest manufacturer of farm equipment in America, and the name was changed to John Deere Tractor Company.

A friend mentioned to me the other day that black and white seems particularly appropriate for these photos of old farm equipment. The black and white pictures above were all shot on Fuji Acros 100 film except the picture of the John Deere tractors, which was taken on Kodak Tri-X 400. I like the smooth tones of the Acros 100, but the Tri-X certainly has a distinctive look.