Supertest Gasoline

It’s not a perfect picture but it’s better than the other one we recently posted. The multiple colors on the Maple Leaf make this a beautiful sign and I don’t recall ever seeing another one on a Shepard’s Pole. The condition isn’t great...

Vico Oil – Pep 88 Gas

The Utah Oil Refining Company was the first Refinery in Utah and started in 1908 with crude shipped in from Colorado. The oil Brand was Vico and the gas was sold as Pep 88. These two porcelain signs are examples of the early models of sign logos found at Lakeside...

Frontier Gas

This very early Caterpiller Crawler came up at an Auction and I couldn’t refuse buying it since it reminded me of a similar tractor/crawler I plowed Cherry orchards with in Montana as a teenager. The Two Ton was the first tractor built by Caterpiller. I think it...

1920s Two Ton Cat Crawler

This very early Caterpiller Crawler came up at an Auction and I couldn’t refuse buying it since it reminded me of a similar tractor/crawler I plowed Cherry orchards with in Montana as a teenager. The Two Ton was the first tractor built by Caterpiller. I think it...

1920’s Fordson Tractor

In 1917 Ford began production of the Fordson Tractor which was supposedly the Worlds first mass produced tractor. Someone else already was using the Ford Tractor name so they had to come up with something original and Fordson was it. Henry loved tractors and wanted to...

1948 John Deere Model D

Not sure why I bought this old J Deere tractor other than to just have 4 more tires to have to worry about keeping filled with air. It looks good along with all of the other tractors and provides variety in the collection. Lakeside Storage Museum has become a...