Trademarks

This section contains dozens of trademarks gleaned from the pages of the Patent Office Gazette. They are arranged alphabetically by companies. While many of these companies will be found within this book, others are not referred to, simply because their trademark applications are the only information within our files. The trademark listings can prove valuable in several ways. First, they provide a facsimile of the mark that might have been used on a specific machine. Looking at Avery Co., for instance, you can get a conception of its “Yellow Fellow” trademark. Another interesting feature is that most trademarks include the date when it was first used. For instance, under Grand Detour Plow Co., it’s “Grand Detour” trademark was used since 1837. That phrase nails down the first use of the mark, obviously and makes it plain that the Grand Detour plow had its first public life at that time.

Trademark listings also manifest a number of interesting companies for which we have no other record. One example is the “Monitor” trademark of Minneapolis Plow Works, filed in 1898 and “used since August 1875.” Our research thus far has never found a clue regarding this company. Also of interest, there are many trademarks that appear in farm equipment literature that we have never located, despite a perusal of the Patent Office Gazette from 1872 onward. Having a trademark doesn’t necessarily mean that the trademark is registered and this must have happened to some extent. On the other hand, International Harvester Co., in particular, seems to have registered every mark it had, with dozens appearing in the following section, plus many others for tractors and other equipment.

Farm machinery trademarks did not become popular with manufacturers until the 1880s and following years. Much of the impetus came from farm equipment trade magazines. Editorials encouraged the use of a trademark for the sake of product identity. The idea took root and many different marks emerged in the following years; some are quite interesting. In this section, the mark is shown underneath is the company name, followed by the year the mark was first used and the year it was filed with the U.S. Patent Office.

Acme Harvester Co., 1870/1893, Peking, Ill.

American Seeding Machine Co., 1918/1920, Springfield, Ohio.

American Seeding Machine Co., 1868/1923, Springfield, Ohio.

Adriance, Platt & Co., 1878/1912, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

American Seeding Machine Co., 1867/1911, Richmond, Ind.

American Steel Products Co., 1916/1817, Macomb, Ill.

Aspinwall-Watson Co., 1884/1925, Houlton, Maine.

B.F. Avery & Sons, 1869/1920, Louisville, Kty.

Avery Farm Machinery Co., 1937/1937, Peoria, Ill.

Baker Manufacturing Co., 1874/1892, Evansville, Wisc.

Baldwin Harvester Co., 1927/1927, Independence, Mo.

Aultman & Taylor Machinery Co., 1893/1911, Mansfield, Ohio.

Avery Co., 1900/1922, Peoria, Ill.

The Bain Wagon Co., 1852/1923, Kenosha, Wisc.

Baker Manufacturing Co., 1874/1948, Evansville, Wisc.

Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Co., 1894/1894, Chicopee Falls, Mass.

Cecil Billups, 1876/1913, Norfolk, Va.

Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., 1873/1896, Canton, Ohio.

Burch Plow Works Co., 1897/1919, Crestline, Ohio.

J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co., 1880/1990, Racine, Wisc.

Birdsell Manufacturing Co., 1855/1932, South Bend, Ind.

Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., 1873/1896, Canton, Ohio.

J.I. Case Plow Works, 1902/1910, Racine, Wisc.

Chattanooga Implement & Manufacturing Co., 1906/1908, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Cockshutt Plow Co., Limited, 1877/1949, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

Cutaway Harrow Co., 1912/1925, Higganum, Conn.

Deere & Co., 1875/1895, Moline, Ill.

Deere & Co., 1847/1897, Moline, Ill.

DeLaval Separator Co., 1916/1920, New York, N.Y.

Crossman & Sielcken, 1910/1916, New York, N.Y.

Deere & Co., 1918/1918, Moline, Ill.

Deere & Co., 1914/1914, Moline, Ill.

Deering Harvester Co., 1897/1900, Chicago, Ill.

DeLaval Separator Co., 1947/1956, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Dempster Mill Manufacturing Co., 1925/1925, Beatrice, Neb.

Dunham Co., 1881/1912, Berea, Ohio

Dunham Co., 1914/1914, Berea, Ohio.

Eagle Manufacturing Co., 1944/1945, Appleton, Wisc.

Dunham Co., 1917/1918, Berea, Ohio.

Dunham Co., 1881/1912, Berea, Ohio.

Duplex Mill & Manufacturing Co., 1885/1911, Springfield, Ohio.

Elgin Windmill Co., 1938/1939, Elgin, Ill.

Elgin Windmill Co., 1890/1939, Elgin, Ill.

Emerson-Brantingham Co., 1926/1926, Rockford, Ill.

Empire Plow Co., 1890/1925, Cleveland, Ohio

Farm Tools, Inc., 1937/1938, Mansfield, Ohio

J.A. Engel & Co., 1907/1907, East Peoria, Ill.

Empire Cream Separator Co., 1905/1918, Bloomfield, N.J.

Enterprise Manufacturing Co., 1867/1924, Philadelphia, Pa.

A.T. Ferrell & Co., 1879/1951, Saginaw, Mich.

A.T. Ferrell & Co., 1879/1951, Kendallville, Ind.

G & D Manufacturing Co., 1904/1948, Streator, Ill.

Garden City Feeder Co., 1922-1923, Racine, Wisc.

Gleanor Manufacturing Co., 1923/1926, Independence, Mo.

Galloway Co., Inc., 1937/1938, Waterloo, Iowa.

Garden City Feeder Co., 1922/1923, Pella, Iowa

Gesting Wagon Co., 1878/1915, St. Louis, Mo.

Gleanor Combine Harvestor Corp., 1923/1928, Independence, Mo.

Globe Milker Inc., 1945/1945, Des Moines, Iowa.

Grain King Manufacturing Co., 1918/1926, Minnesota Transfer, Minn.

B.F. Gump Co., 1912/1919, Chicago, Ill.

Williamson R. Harrison, 1885/1911, Massillon, Ohio.

Gordon Bean and Pea Harvester Co., 1918/ 1920, Elizabeth City, N.C.

Grand Detour Plow Co., 1837/1916, Dixon, Ill.

P.B. Hackley, 1904/1922, Berkeley, Calif.

Hench & Dromgold Co., 1881/1916, York, Pa.

Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., 1884/1896, Chicago, Ill.

Holt Manufacturing Co., 1922/1923, Stockton, Calif.

International Harvester Co., 1897/1920, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1893/1920, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1893/1915, Chicago, Ill.

Hocking Valley Manufacturing Co., 1869/1925, Lancaster, Ohio.

Huntley Manufacturing Co., 1886/1913, Silver Creek, N.Y.

International Harvester Co., 1867/1920, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1925/1925, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1880/1915, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1903/1915, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1860/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1922/1926, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1910/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1879/1915, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvestor Co., 1915/1915, Canton, Ohio.

International Harvester Co., 1895/1926, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1920/1920, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1900/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1911/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1887/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1913/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1908/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1912/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harevester Co., 1812/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1908/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1892/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1908/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1881/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1887/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1908/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1870/1914, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1883/1920, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1871/1894, Batavia, N.Y.

International Harvester Co., 1845/1914, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1912/1914, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1904/1913, Chicago, Ill.

International Harvester Co., 1923/1928, Columbus, Ohio

International Harvester Co., 1895/1900, Kansas City, Mo.

Joliet Manufacturing Co., 1923/1923, Joliet, Ill.

John F. Langdon, 1906/1913, Kansas City, Kan.

Little Red Wagon Manufacturing Co., 1899/1924, Omaha, Neb.

Massey Harris Harvester Co. Inc., Batavia, N.Y.

La Crosse Plow Co., 1898/1900, La Crosse, Wisc.

La Crosse Plow Co., 1898/1900, La Crosse, Wisc.

Little Red Wagon Manufacturing Co., 1899/1924, Omaha, Neb.

Lilliston Implement Co., 1911/1948, Albany, Ga.

Meadows Manufacturing Co., 1903/1911, Pontiac, Ill.

Linstroth Wagon Co., 1905/1905, St. Louis, Mo.

Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co., 1934/1947, Minneapolis, Minn.

Minneapolis Plow Works, 1875/1898, Minneapolis, Minn.

Moline Implement Co., 1874/1927, Moline, Ill.

Moline Plow Co., 1911/1922, Moline, Ill.

Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co., 1931/1932, Hopkins, Minn.

Massey-Harris Co., Inc., 1938/1938, Racine, Wisc.

Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co., 1934/1950, Hopkins, Minn.

Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co., 1919/1919, Minneapolis, Minn.

Moline Implement Co., 1925/1925, Moline, Ill.

Moline Plow Co., 1896/1900, Moline, Ill.

Moline Plow Co., 1913/1922, Moline, Ill.

Moline Plow Co., 1905/1905, Moline, Ill.

New Holland Machine Co., 1940/1956, Lancaster Co., Pa.

New Idea Spreader Co., 1899/1930, Bellevue, Ohio

Moline Plow Co. 1897/1899, Moline, Ill.

Moline Plow Co., 1870/1893, Moline, Ill.

Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., 1891/1929, Chicago, Ill.

F.E. Myers & Bros. Co., 1902/1922, Ashland, Ohio.

New Holland Machine Co., 1947/1947, New Holland, Pa.

New Idea Spreader Co., 1899/1930, Coldwater, Ohio.

Ohio Cultivator Co., 1905/1905, Bellevue, Ohio.

D.M. Osborne & Co., 1894/1894, Auburn, N.Y.

Papec Machine Co., 1901/1916, Shortsville, N.Y.

Peerless Husker Co., Inc., 1906/1923, Buffalo, N.Y.

Pine Tree Milking Machine Co., 1925/1925, Chicago, Ill.

Oliver Corp., 1947/1947, Chicago, Ill.

Oliver Chilled Plow Works, 1905/1905, South Bend, Ind.

D.M. Osborne & Co., 1893/1894, Auburn, N.Y.

D.M. Osborne & Co., 1890/1895, Auburn, N.Y.

Parlin & Orendorff Co., 1915/1915, Canton, Ill.

Pine Tree Milking Machine Co., 1918/1918, Chicago, Ill.

Pittsburgh Forgings Co., 1894/1955, Coraopolis, Pa.

Plano Manufacturing Co., 1885/1894, Chicago, Ill.

Red Jacket Manufacturing Co., 1881/1891, Davenport, Iowa.

Roderick Lean Manufacturing Co., 1911/1912, Mansfield, Ohio.

Ronning Motor Co., 1912/1923, Minneapolis, Minn.

E.W. Ross Co., 1850/1924, Springfield, Ohio.

St. Joseph Manufacturing Co., 1894/1896, Mishawaka, Ind.

Plano Manufacturing Co., 1894/1894, Chicago, Ill.

Plano Manufacturing Co., 1898/1898, Chicago, Ill.

Red Jacket Manufacturing Co., 1881/1912, Davenport, Iowa.

Rome Plow Co., 1932/1956, Cedartown, Ga.

Rosenthal Manufacturing Co., 1941/1944, West Allis, Wisc.

Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1913/1914, Chicago, Ill.

Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1922/1923, Chicago, Ill.

James B. Sedberry, 1920/1921, Texarkana, Ark.

Silver Manufacturing Co., 1890/1918, Salem, Ohio.

South Bend Iron Works, 1892/1892, South Bend, Ind.

Superior Drill Co., 1868/1892, Springfield, Ohio.

D.M. Sechler Implement & Carriage Co., 1907/ 1912, Moline, Ill.

D.M. Sechler Implement & Carriage Co., 1897/ 1899, Moline, Ill.

Sharples Milker Co., 1919/1921, Toronto, Canada

Sharples Separator Co., 1916/1919, West Chester, Pa.

Marvin Smith Co., 1895/1899, Chicago, Ill.

Daniel E. Speicher, 1903/1920, Urbana, Ind.

Stover Manufacturing Co., 1899/1903, Freeport, Ill.

Stover Manufacturing Co., 1898/1898, Freeport, Ill.

Superior Separator Co., 1948/1948, Hopkins, Minn.

Union Corn Planter Co., 1871/1896, Peoria, Ill.

Vaile-Kimes Co., 1915/1915, Dayton, Ohio.

Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co., 1860/ 1901, Chicago, Ill.

Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Co., 1900/1901, Hoosick Falls, N.Y.

Wyatt Manufacturing Co., 1945/1946, Salina, Kan.

Weber Wagon Co., 1895/1896, Chicago, Ill.

U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Co., 1925/1925, Batavia, Ill.

United Engine Co., 1912/1916, Lansing, Mich.

United States Butter Extractor Co., 1895/1895, Newark, N.J.

Vega Separator Co., 1919/1920, Fostoria, Ohio.