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In 1929 this tractor, entirely different from the American tractor and advertised in the 1929 Montgomery Ward catalog as being able to climb over obstacles, listed for $1.49 and is described as “constructed on the same mechanical principles as the steel tanks used during the war. Tractor will climb almost anything that is not at complete right angles with the floor. All metal parts are aluminum except driver at the wheel, stop and start lever. The tractor is about 7 ½” long x 3 ¾”wide x 6” high over driver’s head. Chains that run over wheels are of heavy black rubber with suction cups that hold tractor to its course. The driver wears a white broom hat it differs from the Montgomery Ward ad and other ads at the time suggest the possibility of further variations. For instance, some ads show the same tractor with a different radiator no key and ridges on the hood.
The tractor pictured with this description has the white “rubber suction cup treads” opposed to the black described above.
One of the interesting aspects of this box is that Marx began to use them as advertisments fopr other toys being sold that year. This box shows 3 different toys, the Fort, the military tractor train & of course the Tractor.
One of the interesting aspects of this box is that Marx began to use them as advertisments fopr other toys being sold that year. This box shows 3 different toys, the Fort, the military tractor train & of course the Tractor.
Another interesting fact about this particular box is that the artist that made the box also incorporated their initials into it. If you look in the lower right hand corner just below the cannon wheel you will see a small triangle, those are intials.
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