Combine Harvester

[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Bringing out the Allis-Chalmers All-Crop 60 combine harvester.  This model of combine harvester was known for its versatility in harvesting various different crops, including beans, barley, wheat, and rye.  We have used this combine to harvest grain over the length of the North Fork, and on Shelter Island. …

Weathered Grey Cedar Shakes

[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] These weathered grey cedar shakes on the exterior of the truck shed originally came from the oyster-processing buildings that once stood on the waterfront in New Suffolk. [/xf_textblock]

Panera

[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Wickham’s Fruit Farm recommends Panera.  Located on Route 58 near Mill Road in Riverhead, Panera is an appealing, peaceful and quiet spot for a meal.  It also has good WiFi.  Panera’s Lobster Roll sandwich is available again at certain locations. [/xf_textblock]

South Pacific

[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] The late 1940s were a culturally distinct time in the history of the United States, a brief period of relative peace and increasing fortunes immediately after the end of World War II but before the beginning of the preoccupations of the 1950s.  The same year our Farmall tractors …

Raymond Loewy

[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Raymond Loewy, an American industrial designer who was born in France, helped design the streamlined styling of our 1940s International Harvester tractors and equipment.  Streamline Moderne was a style of design that became popular in the early to middle years of the 20th century.  Loewy’s pod-shaped, streamlined pencil …

Upside-Down Bathtub

[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Cars in the late 1940s and early 50s tended to resemble an upside-down bathtub.  The front of the car sometimes looked enough like the rear that it was not always obvious at first glance which direction the car was going. [/xf_textblock]