Contributed by Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum
Description
In 1885 Isaac W. Hoover applied for a patent for his design for a potato digger. The next year, he In 1916 Hoover of Avery, Ohio, and his brother-in-law, Albert Prout, formed the Hoover & Prout Co. to manufacture and promote the Hoover potato digger.
In 1910, Prout left the business and it was renamed the Hoover Manufacturing Co. In 1926 Hoover sold his digger to the John Deere Plow Co., which had been the digger's sole distributor.
About This Item
- Title: Hoover horse drawn potato digger, Ohio, ca. 1915
- Creation Date: circa 1915
- Subject Date: circa 1915
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Locations:
- Littleton, Aroostook County, ME
- Avery, Erie County, OH
- Media: Steel, wood
- Dimensions: 164 cm x 110 cm x 527 cm
- Object Type: Physical Object
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Agriculture--Maine--Littleton
- Potatoes--Harvesting
- Agricultural implements--Maine--Littleton
- Potatoes--Machinery
- Farm Equipment
People
Other Keywords
- digger
- ground powered
- harvesting machinery
- Hoover Manufacturing Company
- John Deere
- patent
- potato digger
For more information about this item, contact:
Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum1678 U.S. Route 1, Littleton, ME 04730
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