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Dad and I: Our life with Caterpillar

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15 years 7 months ago #28933 by Joseph Zimmerman
I submitted a group of pictures for the WWII magazine feature of my Dad in CCC in Idaho, North Africa and China, Burma, and India, and some of our family at the Peoria plant, a blade guard my Dad patented, and a couple with an HD-41- a big deal at the time. I had scanned these for the club magazine but they never posted so here they are for all of you.

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15 years 7 months ago #28939 by oldparker
Hey Zimmerman, Thank you so much for sharing those photos with us. They are terrific! I wish more people would send them in. John

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15 years 7 months ago #28950 by OzDozer
Joe - thanks for posting the pics, they are very interesting. It's a shame they never made it into print. Your Dad must have some stories to tell, and seen a lot of different places.
The CCC is interesting enough in itself. Has anyone ever written up the history of the CCC?
Caterpillar produced a booklet in 1935, entitled "Crops or Canyons" .. and it's all about the conservation techniques and efforts of the CCC in the early 1930's, when the Govt set in place the huge effort to restore eroded farmland, as well as employ people.

There's some nice antique machines in those pics. What is the story with the unique grill with the large holes on the tractor with the scraper? Was that a special grill to counter overheating?

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15 years 7 months ago #28957 by John in Wy
Thanks for posting Joe, alway enjoy looking at old yellow iron. John

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15 years 7 months ago #28964 by gauntjoh
Great pictures, Joe, I really appreciate you posting them.

John Gaunt, ACMOC Director, UK

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15 years 7 months ago #28996 by Ron Gordon
Thank you for sharing those great pictures with us,all the more valueable because some forward thinking individual had the foresight to carry a camera and commit them to film.
The point and shoot generation has very little concept of the effort required to create the history that you have shared with us.Ron G

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15 years 7 months ago #28999 by drujinin
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I agree!
Awesome history and luck that someone had a camera to preserve the history!

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15 years 7 months ago #29086 by Darrol D8H
Zimmerman: Thanks for the pictures, wish I had taken more in the past. Darrol
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15 years 7 months ago #29133 by deetwocat
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I sound like a broken record but as everyone has said them are some pics. i just love looking at old black and white picturers

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15 years 7 months ago #29149 by Joseph Zimmerman
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Darrol- is that a 2U D8?

Boy, I sure miss running those. Those steering clutches sure built my biceps when I was 18!!!!!
I cans till hear that pony motor............................

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