LU131

Print, Photographic

1942 Approximate

Avery Steam Engine. Siz: 3" x 4.75". Description: image of a black and white snapshot showing a large steam engine on wheels sitting in front of the J. P. Sommers farm house; Karl Menke (first cousin of Anna Buker Sommers, wife of J. P. Sommers) of Owatonna stands to the left, Joanne Sommers holds an oil can, Marlin Sommers stands at the wheel, Julius P. Sommers, grandfather of Marlin and Joanne on right.

Avery steam engine pictured on the J. P. Sommers farm as it was sold and moved. In a fall 1944 letter Menke, the purchaser, is asking about a compound used for steam engines and asking if JP had a book on them, and also if Alice, J. P.'s daughter, would share a couple of tulip bulbs.