ARTIFACTS Search through our online collections for information on a selection of our unique artifacts! FILTER GALLERY: Reset Filters Artifact Types Agricultural Equipment Gasoline & Kerosene Tractors Homesteaders' Village Horse-drawn Equipment Steam Engines and Tractors Vehicles Farm Equipment Brands Aetna Allis Chalmers Avery Case Cockshutt Eagle Electric Wheel Empire Flour City Gilson Gold Grey Hart Parr Header IHC John Deere Marshall Massey Harris Minneapolis-Moline Nelson Pioneer Rumely Sawyer Massey Twin City Versatile Wallis Waterloo Aetna Push Type Windrower The Manitoba Agricultural Museum’s collection includes an Aetna push type windrower mounted on a Massey Harris 30 tractor, donated... LEARN MORE Allis Chalmers Model E 20-35 The Manitoba Agricultural Museum collection contains an Allis Chalmers Model E 20-35 tractor, which was donated to the Museum... LEARN MORE Arizona Church (1898) The church is a simple frame structure with Gothic windows. Throughout the building’s life as a church, it was... LEARN MORE Avery 25-50 There is a 1920s vintage Avery 25-50 Model in the Museum collection. It has a four-cylinder horizontally opposed engine with a... LEARN MORE Avery Power Lift Engine Gang Plow Cockshutt Engine Gang Plows were used exclusively in the Winnipeg Light Agricultural Motor Trials of 1908. As these trials... LEARN MORE Ayr School (1883) The Ayr School is representative of schools that appeared in pioneer Manitoba. It is a very Spartan building. The... LEARN MORE Blacksmith Shop While this replica built in 1973, the Museum Blacksmith Shop is representative of the type that were a common... LEARN MORE Cadillac Model B Car (1904) The oldest car in the Museum collection is this 1904 Cadillac Model B, which came from J. A. Adams of... LEARN MORE Canadian Pacific Railway Toolshed This very simple little building served as a tool storage shed for the section crew which maintained the Canadian... LEARN MORE Carrothers House (1903) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carrothers were married in 1909 and rented a farm in the Austin area. In the... LEARN MORE Case 10-20 The Case 10-20 design entered production in 1915 and remained in production until 1922. At the time this Case... LEARN MORE Case 110 The 1911 Case 32-110 HP is the largest steam traction engine at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum. In the Case... LEARN MORE Case 12-25 (1916) This 1916 Case 12-25 tractor was donated to the Museum in 1955 by W. Longstaffe of Cardale, Manitoba. Apparently... LEARN MORE Case 20-40 (1919) This 1919 20-40 Case tractor was donated to the Manitoba Agricultural Museum (MAM) by Mr. Norman Hunter of Brookdale,... LEARN MORE Case 20-40 Kerosene (1910s) The Museum has a total of four 20-40 Case Kerosene engines in the collection which is a strong indication... LEARN MORE Case 25-75 “Howson” (1913) Howson 25-75 J.I. Case Steam EngineYear: 1913Model: 25-75Manufacturer: J I CaseSerial # 29676Boiler Serial #Donated By: Robet Howson of... LEARN MORE Case 25-75 “McMurachy” (1907) In the summer of 2012, the Comfort Inn Brandon invited the Manitoba Agricultural Museum to display an artifact on... LEARN MORE Case 50HP (1914-1915) Year: 1914 or 1915Model: 50hpManufacturer: CaseSerial # 33192Boiler Serial #Donated By: In Memory of Albert Bernie in Spring of... LEARN MORE Case Portable Steam Engine “Old 44” (1869) This portable steam engine was built by the J.I. Case Company in 1869. There is only one Case steam... LEARN MORE Centreville School Centreville School represents the single room schools that closed out the era of the single room schools in Manitoba... LEARN MORE Cockshutt From our 2015 Reunion parade: LEARN MORE Cockshutt 12 Bottom Engine Gang Plow The advent of plowing with steam engines posed significant problems as the first plows used behind an engine were... LEARN MORE Cockshutt JGC Riding Plow James Cockshutt started the Brantford Plow Works in 1877 and built a number of different models of plows along... LEARN MORE Cockshutt Model 428 Combine Cockshutt entered combine production in the late 1930s with the introduction of the Number 6 pull type combine. Well... LEARN MORE Cockshutt Model 80 While Cockshutt had an extensive line of tillage equipment and of harvest equipment, Cockshutt lacked a tractor to fill... LEARN MORE Cockshutt Number 7 Pull Type Combine Before Cockshutt built its well known self propelled combines, Cockshutt built a couple of pull type combines models. The... LEARN MORE Cockshutt Tiller Combine Along with moldboard plows, the Cockshutt Plow Company Limited also built disc plows. Disc plows are suitable for the... LEARN MORE CPR Boxcar (1914) The boxcar in the Museum’s collection is the Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CPR) Boxcar 119462. It was built in 1914 as part of an... LEARN MORE Eagle Model F The Museum collection houses an Eagle Model F 16-30 tractor. The Model F began production in 1916 and featured... LEARN MORE Eagle Model F 12-22 The Museum collection houses an Eagle Model F 12-22 tractor. The Model F entered production in 1916 and featured a... LEARN MORE Electric Wheel All Work (1922) The Museum has an Electric Wheel All Work tractor in the collection. The tractor is a 1922 model and... LEARN MORE Emerson-Brantingham “Reeves 25HP” Steam Traction Engine (1917) Common Engineers at the Museum: Lee Godin, Bruce Eberling, Travis Kennedy. Reeves & Co. of Columbus, Indiana was established... LEARN MORE Empire (1947) The Empire Tractor Corporation designed a general purpose 2-bottom plow light duty farm tractor and began manufacture of the... LEARN MORE Flour City 30-50 The Museum’s collection includes a Flour City 30-50 tractor which was donated to the Museum in 1961. The 30-50... LEARN MORE Gaar Scott 25-75 Twin (1910) Gaar Scott 25-75 Twin Year: 1910Model: 25-75 twin cylinderManufacturer: Gaar Scott & CoSerial # 5493Boiler Serial #Donated By: the... LEARN MORE General Store The general store that stands here today is a replica of a typical general store at the turn of... LEARN MORE Gilson 12-25 (1918) One of the rarer tractors in the Manitoba Agricultural Museum’s collection is this 1918 Gilson 12-25 tractor. It was donated... LEARN MORE Goold Shapely and Muir “Beaver” The Beaver tractor in the Museum’s collection was built by the Goold, Shapley and Muir Company (GS&M) sometime between... LEARN MORE Graham Bradley Model 104 Tractor (1938) This unique tractor was donated by George and Lorna Webster of Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. It is complete, including... LEARN MORE Grain Picklers The collection contains a number of items in the Grain Pickler category. These items are built to a variety... LEARN MORE Grey 18-36 (1923) The Grey tractor in the Museum collection is an 18-36 model built in 1923. The tractor was donated to... LEARN MORE Grist Mill This is a reproduction of the grist mill which contains original grindstones cut from prairie granite by Oper Hykaway... LEARN MORE Hart Parr 12-24 Hart Parr was a very early American builder of gas tractors with the Hart Parr 30-60 being one of... LEARN MORE Hart Parr 15-30 Hart Parr was a very early American builder of gas tractors with the Hart Parr 30-60 being one of... LEARN MORE Hart Parr 16-30 Hart Parr was a very early American builder of gas tractors with the Hart Parr 30-60 being one of... LEARN MORE Hart Parr 18-36 Hart Parr was a very early American builder of gas tractors with the Hart Parr 30-60 being one of... LEARN MORE Hart Parr 22-40 Hart Parr was a very early American builder of gas tractors with the Hart Parr 30-60 being one of... LEARN MORE Hart Parr 28-50 Hart Parr was a very early American builder of gas tractors with the Hart Parr 30-60 being one of... LEARN MORE Hart Parr 30-60 (1909) This Hart Parr 30-60 was donated to the Museum by the Sims Brothers of Snowflake, MB. The tractor was... LEARN MORE Hart-Parr Stationary Engine The Hart-Parr company was formed in 1897 at Madison, Wisconsin by Charles Hart and Charles Parr. They had met... LEARN MORE Heider 15-27 (1920) The Museum Collection features a 1920 Model C 15-27 tractor donated by G.A. Skardal of Baldur. The Heider Company... LEARN MORE Horse Power Sweep The Museum has three horse sweeps, one that has been rebuilt and is in use at the annual Threshermen’s... LEARN MORE Horse Treadmill With the invention of farm machinery such as the ground hog thresher, came the need for farm power. Wind... LEARN MORE Horse-drawn Hearse The Museum possesses a horse-drawn hearse in its collection. The hearse was donated in the late 1950s by Donald... LEARN MORE IHC 10-20 Mogul (Grobb) One of the early donations to the Manitoba Agricultural Museum is a 10-20 Mogul tractor built by the International... LEARN MORE IHC 10-20 Titan (1914) The International Harvester Corporation (IHC) developed two small 2 plow tractors in 1914. The Mogul 8-16 tractor using a... LEARN MORE IHC 15-30 Titan (1916) 1914 was a big year for IHC in regards to tractors. Along with the Titan 10-20 and Mogul 8-16... LEARN MORE IHC Mogul Type C 25 Horsepower The Manitoba Agricultural Museum holds an International Harvester Company (IHC) Mogul Type C 25 Horsepower engine in its collection.... LEARN MORE IHC Titan Type D 45 (1910s) The Manitoba Agricultural Museum collection features an IHC Titan Type D 45 that was donated to the Museum by... LEARN MORE John Deere Model D (1925) The 1925 John Deere Model D tractor was donated to the museum in 1961 by Dan Campbell of Chater, Manitoba. Mr. Campbell purchased... LEARN MORE John Deere Model D 15-27 SN 73293 SN 73293 was built in early 1929. While the Model D’s built between 1926 and 1930 look very similar... LEARN MORE John Deere Model H Tractor (Eliason) The August Eliason Estate donated this John Deere Model H tractor to the Manitoba Agricultural Museum. August was born... LEARN MORE Katrime Freight and Passenger Shelter (1919) This small railway station was originally located at Katrime, Manitoba which was on the CNR rail line from Portage... LEARN MORE L. D. Sawyer Portable Steam Engine This portable steam engine was produced by the L. D. Sawyer Company of Hamilton, Ontario. The L. D. Sawyer... LEARN MORE Livery Feed & Sale This building is a replica of an old style livery barn which was built by the museum staff in... LEARN MORE MacGregor Water Tower (1900) This water tower was originally built by the CPR at MacGregor and donated and moved to the Museum in... LEARN MORE MacLeod’s Stationary Gas Engine (c1922) The MacLeod’s hardware store was a staple in most Manitoba towns, until the company went bankrupt in 1992. Cotter... LEARN MORE Marshall and Sons “Colonial” Model F (1914) The Model F in the museum’s collection was donated in the early 1960s by the family of Benjamin Miller... LEARN MORE Massey Harris Model 101 Super Tractor The Massey Harris (MH) Model 101 Senior tractor is one of the most recognizable tractors in history with its... LEARN MORE Massey Harris Model 21 Combine With the new Model 20 performing well with big acreage growers, including export demand from countries such as the... LEARN MORE Massey Harris Model 25 The Massey Harris Model 25 made its debut in 1932 and was an update of the Wallis 20/30. Wallis... LEARN MORE Massey Harris Model 30 The Model 30 replaced the Massey Harris 101 Junior in the tractor lineup in 1946. The Model 30 retained... LEARN MORE Massey Harris Model 33 Tractor The Model 33 replaced the Model 30 in 1953. It appears that Massey Harris replaced the engine model used... LEARN MORE Massey Harris Model 44 Massey Harris built approximately 84,000 Model 44s in a number of different configurations between 1946 and 1953. Gas, distillate,... LEARN MORE Massey Harris Number 5 Combine Hart Massey had begun experiments with a stripper header in the 1880s. A stripper header was a machine that... LEARN MORE Massey Harris Pacemaker PA As with the Model 25, Massey Harris decided to update the Wallis 12/20 in order to get a few... LEARN MORE McCormick Reaper Replica Cyrus McCormick built and demonstrated a mechanical reaper in 1831. Up to that time standing grain had to be... LEARN MORE Mekiwin Manor (1918) Mekiwin Manor was built by the Hutchison family in the Mekiwin district south of Gladstone. The manor was the... LEARN MORE Minneapolis-Moline Twin City FTA The Museum has a Minneapolis Moline Twin City FTA tractor in the collection donated by the C. H. Jarvis... LEARN MORE Muir House (1879) The Muir Log House celebrated its 135th Anniversary in 2014. The house was built in 1879, by the Muir family,... LEARN MORE Muirhead House The Muirhead family resided in the Carberry district and built the house in the 1880s. It is constructed of... LEARN MORE Nilson Junior 15-30 The collection features a Nilson Junior 15-30 tractor donated by Orval Kendrick of Roblin, Manitoba. The Nilson Farm Machine... LEARN MORE Northern Pacific & Manitoba Railway Station (1890) The railway station was originally built by the Northern Pacific & Manitoba Railway in 1890 to serve the community... LEARN MORE Peterson’s Traction Straw-Burning Engine N. C. Peterson and Sons were a manufacturer of steam engines located in Sarnia, Ontario. N.C. Peterson began his... LEARN MORE Pioneer 30-60 (1911) The Pioneer tractor in the Museum collection was originally owned by R.D. Lang who farmed south of Stonewall, Manitoba.... LEARN MORE Print Shop The vintage newspaper presses from the Oak Lake News are now displayed in a replica printing office along the... LEARN MORE Rumely G 20-40 This Rumely Model “G” 20-40 was donated to the Museum by J. Comte of Notre Dame, Manitoba. The Model... LEARN MORE Rumely G 20-40 Oil Pull (Eliason) This Rumely Model “G” 20-40 Oil Pull was donated to the Museum by Magnus Eliason of Winnipeg. The Model... LEARN MORE Rumely GasPull 15-30 The Rumely GasPull 15-30 in the Museum colllection was donated to the Museum by Ray Pearson of Hamiota in... LEARN MORE Rumely Model E 30-60 “The Tucker Engine” (1912) Rumely Model E at the Museum led an interesting life before being rescued from a scrap pile in the... LEARN MORE Rumely Model F (C.J. Barnes) The Museum has two Model Fs in the collection. The Model F still in its “working clothes” (original paint)... LEARN MORE Rumely Model F (Jordan) John Jordan of the Altamont area owned this Model F Rumely tractor. John Jordan homesteaded in the area and... LEARN MORE Rumely Model G 20-40 Oil Pull (August Eliason) The Museum collection contains a Model G Rumely which was donated to the Museum from the August Eliason estate... LEARN MORE Rumely Oil Pull Light Weight Model M 20-35 (1927) The Murray Brothers of Lyleton, Manitoba donated a Rumely Model M Oil Pull tractor to the Manitoba Agricultural Museum.... LEARN MORE Rumely Oil Pull Model K (1921) The Manitoba Agricultural Museum’s collection includes a Model K Oil Pull Tractor. The Model K was the smallest of... LEARN MORE Rumely Oil Pull Model S The Manitoba Agricultural Museum has two Model S Rumely Light Weight Oil Pull tractors in the collection. One S... LEARN MORE Rumely Oil Pull Model W (1929) In 1928, Advance – Rumley slightly modified and uprated the Light Weight series of tractors . The Model L... LEARN MORE Rumely Oil Pull Type R (1926) In 1924, Advance – Rumely introduced the “Light Weight” line of Oil Pull tractors which featured a pressed steel... LEARN MORE Sawyer Massey 11-22 Sawyer Massey was formed in 1892 when the Massey family bought into the L.D. Sawyer Company. The Massey family... LEARN MORE Sawyer Massey 11-22 Tractor Sawyer Massey was formed in 1892 when the Massey family bought into the L.D. Sawyer Company. The Massey family... LEARN MORE Sawyer Massey 25-45 Kerosene The Museum’s collection features a 25-45 Sawyer Massey kerosene tractor. The 25-45 was donated to the Museum in 1960... LEARN MORE Shoe and Harness Repair Shop Shoe and Harness repair shops were very common in Manitoba towns up until the 1950s because horses were used... LEARN MORE Souris Mill The Souris Mill engine is housed in a replica building along the street of the Homesteader’s Village. The engine,... LEARN MORE St. Saviour’s Church St. Saviour’s Church is an Anglican Church. The church originated in Odanah which translates from Cree to “meeting place”,... LEARN MORE Stewart Sheaf Loader The Manitoba Agricultural Museum has three intact Stewart Sheaf Loaders in the collection. Given the machine was built with... LEARN MORE Sunshine Waterloo Combine The Manitoba Agricultural Museum has a late model Sunshine Waterloo combine in the collection. The Sunshine combine was a... LEARN MORE Surveyor’s Office Welcome to a typical survey office from the late 1800s. It was from an office like this that surveyors... LEARN MORE T. Eaton and Company “Imperial” Wagon The Imperial grain wagon in the Museum’s collection was donated to the Museum by Jim and Elmer Hellegards of... LEARN MORE Tilston MTS Building The 50th anniversary of the Telephone Pioneers in Manitoba (now the MTS Volunteers) was celebrated on June 10, 1988. To... LEARN MORE Tudhope Anderson Company Horse Mower The Museum collection includes a Tudhope Anderson horse mower which was donated to the Museum in the early 1960s.... LEARN MORE Twin City 12-20 John Grey of Neepawa donated a 12-20 Twin City tractor to the Manitoba Agricultural Museum. The tractor’s serial number... LEARN MORE Twin City 21-32 The Museum has two Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company Twin City 21-32 tractors in the collection. Minneapolis Moline Power... LEARN MORE Union Masonic Lodge No. 108 This is a brief history of the formation of a Masonic Lodge later to be known as Union Lodge... LEARN MORE Versatile 103 Swather Versatile traces its roots back to Peter Pakosh and his brother in law who began designing and building grain... LEARN MORE Versatile 1080 “Big Roy” The Versatile Model 1080 was designed and built in 1977. There is some suggestion that the design was aimed... LEARN MORE Versatile Prototype Bi-Directional Tractor In the mid-1980s, with the sale of Versatile to Ford, the backlot of Versatile was cleaned out. Two prototype... LEARN MORE W. J. Ellard Root Vegetable Digger The Museum collection holds a horse-drawn W. J. Ellard potato digger in its collection. This machine is a very... LEARN MORE Wallis 20-30 (1928) Manufactured by the Massey Harris Company With the death of J.I. Case in 1891 and the resulting financial troubles,... LEARN MORE Wallis Model K With the death of J.I. Case in 1891 and the resulting financial troubles, the Case group of companies was... LEARN MORE Waterloo Boy Model N The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company was the first company to manufacture and sell gasoline tractors. The company was formed... LEARN MORE Westbourne Post Office (1902) The Westbourne post office was constructed by E. A. Smalley who was the post master for 35 years. This... LEARN MORE Western Canada Flour Mills Grain Elevator (1905) The museum’s elevator was built in beside the CPR tracks in Austin in 1905 for the Western Canada Flour... LEARN MORE
