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A farm festival: Sherwood Hume drives a 1913 Sawyer-Massey Steam traction engine
A farm festival: Sherwood Hume drives a 1913 Sawyer-Massey Steam traction engine

A farm festival: Sherwood Hume drives a 1913 Sawyer-Massey Steam traction engine

Date8/9/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: A farm festival: Sherwood Hume drives a 1913 Sawyer-Massey Steam traction engine.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0006132F
      Old but they can still cut it. The sawdust was flying during the weekend when Roy Botterill (left) cranked up this 1906 Massey-Sawyer steam engine and(...)
      Old but they can still cut it. The sawdust was flying during the weekend when Roy Botterill (left) cranked up this 1906 Massey-Sawyer steam engine and(...)
      Mahler, John
      4/23/1979
      Oldtimer: David Stirk gives his son Iain, 8, a ride aboard his 1919 Sawyer Massey steam engine
      Oldtimer: David Stirk gives his son Iain, 8, a ride aboard his 1919 Sawyer Massey steam engine
      Calleja, Frank
      8/26/1995
      Still running: Wilfrid Leslie to Halton Hills gets his 1919 traction steam engine ready for the Steam Era Show in Milton this weekend
      Still running: Wilfrid Leslie to Halton Hills gets his 1919 traction steam engine ready for the Steam Era Show in Milton this weekend
      Levenston, Anne
      8/23/1982
      The largest engine and thresher works in Canada Sawyer & Massey Co. Limited Hamilton, Canada
      The largest engine and thresher works in Canada Sawyer & Massey Co. Limited Hamilton, Canada
      Sawyer & Massey Co.
      Approximately 1890
      Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
      Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
      Irish, Paul
      8/4/1989
      Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine, steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. T(...)
      Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine, steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. T(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      8/27/1978
      Unionville goes on a toot, Canadian National's 1880s steam engine, with its steam whistle tooting away, was so popular Saturday at the annual Unionvil(...)
      Unionville goes on a toot, Canadian National's 1880s steam engine, with its steam whistle tooting away, was so popular Saturday at the annual Unionvil(...)
      Norris, Dave
      6/8/1975
      Steamed up: Whistles on steam engine provided music to ears of city and country folk who turned up for the 11th annual steam show
      Steamed up: Whistles on steam engine provided music to ears of city and country folk who turned up for the 11th annual steam show
      Dunlop, Al
      8/30/1982
      Getting ready for a steamy weekend. John Crook, 71, has built several steam engines and some will be on display this weekend at the 18th annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill museum grounds in Uxbridge, presented by the Oxbridge Scott Historical Society.
      Getting ready for a steamy weekend. John Crook, 71, has built several steam engines and some will be on display this weekend at the 18th annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill museum grounds in Uxbridge, presented by the Oxbridge Scott Historical Society.
      Irish, Paul
      8/16/1989
      Model engineers display their work, Charles Mank of Toronto displays his model of a Waterloo traction part of an exhibition of 70 working and static m(...)
      Model engineers display their work, Charles Mank of Toronto displays his model of a Waterloo traction part of an exhibition of 70 working and static m(...)
      Bull, Ron
      8/24/1973
      Trolley and diesel buses were hampered by poor traction and streets cluttered with stalled cars during yesterday's storm in Metro. This was scene on Q(...)
      Trolley and diesel buses were hampered by poor traction and streets cluttered with stalled cars during yesterday's storm in Metro. This was scene on Q(...)
      Bull, Ron
      1/10/1977
      The new gift book for youth : being interesting sketches & pictures concerning the Arctic regions, icebergs, the oak struck by lightning, the roots of the banian tree, the nest of the wild bee, the heavens, the moon, the seasons, peeps through the microscope, human blood and hair, diamond washing, the rise of the Thames, earthquake at Lisbon, bears and bear hunting, lion and tiger fight, tiger hunting, stags fighting, ascent of the Wetterhorn, crossing the Andes, glances at China, ancient punishments, walrus hunting, London past and present, railway and the steam engine, ancient map of the world
      The new gift book for youth : being interesting sketches & pictures concerning the Arctic regions, icebergs, the oak struck by lightning, the roots of the banian tree, the nest of the wild bee, the heavens, the moon, the seasons, peeps through the microscope, human blood and hair, diamond washing, the rise of the Thames, earthquake at Lisbon, bears and bear hunting, lion and tiger fight, tiger hunting, stags fighting, ascent of the Wetterhorn, crossing the Andes, glances at China, ancient punishments, walrus hunting, London past and present, railway and the steam engine, ancient map of the world
      R. Yorke Clarke and Co.
      1848