A photograph of the proclamation by King George VI appointing Joseph M. Tucker "to be an Honorary Officer of the Civil Division of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire."
A mat framed copy of a joke that was printed in the Farm Implement News poking fun at Joseph M. Tucker.
This poster contains samples of several news advertisements about the Harvest Brigade. It's Big News! announces "The Massey-Harris Self-Propelled Harvest Brigade is now well on its way towards harvesting a million acres of America's victory grain crop..."
This is poster contains samples of press content about the Harvest Brigade, how they operate, and problems they face. Names include Joseph M. Tucker, L. D Skinner, Joe Skinner, A. C. Ruthenbeck, Fred Ash, and L. J. (Lawrence John) Letnes.
This pamphlet opens to poster size. It has information on both front and back about the Hammtown, The Traveling Harvest City combine caravan and its history.
This is a plan for the 1944 Harvest Brigade.
This booklet has information on the Harvest Brigade that includes the plan, advertising, pledge of the Harvest Brigade, how the 1945 Harvest Brigade differed from 1944, the Brigade operators, service and parts supply depots, and how the Harvest Brigade had the full cooperation of the government.
This article is about Judy Horsch, daughter of Joseph M. Tucker, continues to share the family's story about the Harvest Brigade.
This article gives a brief history of the Massey-Harris company. Joseph M. Tucker was the Vice-President of the U. S. company and James Duncan was President of the Canadian company.
This letter was written by Marian Tucker Springer describing the famine in China and letting her father, Joseph M. Tucker, know hard it was to feed her family. After reading this letter Joseph Tucker was inspired to write a proposal to the War Food Administration to began the Harvest Brigade.
This is a photograph of the medal, Order of the British Empire given to Joseph M. Tucker by King George VI.
This is a photograph of Joseph M. Tucker standing next to a vehicle in which President Franklin D. Roosevelt sits, in front of a Massey-Harris Self-Propelled Combine and several other people.
This is a portrait of Joseph M. Tucker.
Fern Letnes gave the photograph and news clippings to Judy Horsch, daughter of Joseph M. Tucker.
This includes a mini-biography of Lawrence John Letnes who was in charge of the Harvest Brigade during the summer of 1944. The story states that Letnes "was the aerial liaison man who kept a fleet of 20 self-propelled combines rolling across the state of Kansas northward to the Canadian border to harvest grain that may have remained uncut because of the critical shortage of manpower and machines during WWII."
The photograph is of John Letnes standing in front of his airplane. The side of the airplane reads, "Self-Propelled Combines, L. J. Letness, Representative, Grand Forks, N. D."
7 photocopy of unidentified photographs (undated), 1 unidentified photograph (undated), 1 photograph of Emil Kluck (1949), 1 photograph of Ray Kluck (undated), 1 photograph of Willis Borns (undated), 2 photographs of Emil H. Kluck’s self-propelled combine, the first in Codington County, South Dakota (circa 1940s).
This article is about Emil H. Kluck's self-propelled combine. It was the first combine in Codington County, South Dakota. Included in the article is a page from Emil H. Kluck's 1944 expense record book, a photograph of equipment on display, and a photograph of Emil H. Kluck's self-propelled combine.
This story was written by Donald L. Kluck. It is about three brothers, Emil H. Kluck, Roy Kluck, and Ray Kluck. The story follows the brothers as they worked on the Harvest Brigade beginning in 1944 through 1954 and beyond.
This is a photocopy of the front of a Massey-Harris Self-Propelled Harvest Brigade Official Receipt Book. It has a photograph of the combine and someone has written numbers on it. There is no indication as to what these numbers are for, although it appears to be some type of calculation and/or totals.
The business card is for Emil, Roy, Ray, Harvest King's, Kluck Bro's, Custome Combining. According to the business card, the brothers had over 22 years of experience.
The sales slip is a blank Massey-Harris Self-Propelled Harvest Brigade sales slip no. 33671. This type of sales slip was used during the 1940s as indicated on the slip as _194.
This is Emil H. Kluck's customer order for a new #21A SP Massey-Harris Combine. The cost of the combine was $3,866.75, the tax was $77.34, with the total price of $3,944.09.
This is a photocopy of a conditional sale contract and order for a new #21 SP - 12 foot Massey-Harris combine. This was purchased by Roy Kluck. He made a downpayment of $1,500 and was to pay $1,495.91 upon delivery to Enid, Oklahoma.