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Red Combines 1915-2015 won three book awards–two Benjamin Franklin gold awards and a gold IPPY. Thanks are due to the talented team that built this book, some of whom are listed below. Every single person listed put forth an extraordinary effort, and the result is something very special.
I believe a large part of the book's success stems from the drama captured in the the story of the creation…
Photographer Mark Jenson shot the January image for the Farmall Calendar 2017. Mark is a light painter, meaning each image is lit with flashlights. He works in the dark, and the end result are lovely images. He provided a few words about his work. ABOUT THE TRACTOR
The year 1981 might be one of the most fascinating times in International Harvester history. That isn’t to say it was one of the…
There were five hand-built Scout prototypes, all completed early in 1960. Each had a prototype number stenciled on the windshields and on the body. Four numbers have been verified in period images, E-922, E-923, E-924 and E-926. Presumably, there was also an E-925. According to period documents, three were 4x2s and two were 4x4s but E-925 has not been confirmed in an image, though there is a "…
RVs and camping were a big deal when the Scout debuted for 1961. RVs were a bandwagon International needed to be on and pursued it on all levels, including the Scout. Slide-in pickup campers were a no-brainer for the International Light Truck line but it wasn't until 1962 that a nifty idea for Scout was considered. Dickson Boats in Georgia, a specialist in fiberglass, proposed a camper conversion…
The 1970 Scout 800A SR-2 is a well known Scout promotional special. It was marketed as a hardtop with lurid Flame Red paint, special striping and chrome Rallye wheels with Goodyear H70-15 Polyglas white-letter tires. Images of an SR-2 with a soft top have been seen occasionally over the years. It inspired questions but the back story was unknown. Until now. The original SR-2 was a V8 Roadster…
As has become the usual Friday drill, I intended to be riding by 1 pm and in fact didn’t do so until late afternoon. My idea was to ride Bueschler State Park’s new patch of singletrack. I’d heard this was a good patch of trail, out in the lovely pines near Bastrop.
So I drove in to the park headquarters, renewed my annual Texas State Park pass and just as I was getting my stamped…
These men are sheperds in the tiny town of Mangrt, Slovenia. Well, town is a stretch. Mangrt is a spot on one of the most beautiful moutainous roads in the world, and in fact the highest road in Slovenia.
This family has worked the same piece of ground for generations. One of the sons estimated they had been there for 500 years. He truly didn't know--they didn't have good recorded history.…
The whole thing came down to four phone calls. The first one was from Tom, my sister Wendy’s then-fiance. I had recently split with my ex-wife. Tom had gone through a divorce a few years back and I think he understood how miserable the holidays can be for the newly single.
“I have an extra travel voucher,” he told me. “that will let you go anywhere Northwest flies for about $100. Why don’t you…
When Boone’s Farm decided to promote their wine with a television commercial that featured a motorcycle-riding grandmother, stunt coordinator Bob Harris suggested they use professional racer John Hateley to double granny. Hateley was a logical choice because he was Hollywood-based and also one of the fastest and most versatile professional racers in America.
When Hateley and his blue CZ race…
The following narrative gives a glimpse into the orchestration of a thirty-plus tractor photoshoot in a single, closed-environment studio. Photographer and author Lee Klancher and the father-son duo of Walter and Bruce Keller (owners of the Keller Collection in Brillion, Wisconsin), along with five assistants, worked tirelessly to produce The Art of the John Deere Tractor. This book features…