Posted 8 months ago This is a 1919 newspaper advertisement for
Twin City Farm Tractors and Equipment made by the Minneapolis
Steel & Machinery Company, Minneapolis, Minn. --- The
Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company was founded in
Minneapolis by J.L. Record and Otis Briggs in 1902 to
manufacture steel components for buildings, bridges, and other
steel structures. The company engaged in the singular steel
fabrication business until 1910, when the Joy-Wilson Company of
Minneapolis was hired to design a tractor for them. The tractor
that was designed later evolved into the famous Twin City "40"
tractor, and began the company's successful venture into the
tractor business. A few years later, the company expanded its
role in the tractor business by subcontracting to build heavy
tractors for other manufacturers like Case Threshing Machine
Company, and Bull Tractor Company. By the late teens, engineers
realized the trend in tractor design was moving away from the
massive behemoths that were their specialty, to sm