Publisher's Synopsis
This beautiful book is an encyclopedic, behindthescenes look at how the machines were designed and built containing examples of every model line built by John Deere since 1919. Matching the strong visuals is an indepth history that includes interviews with the engineers, industrial designers, and other Deere & Co. people who designed, built, and sold the machines. This visually stunning work blends tractors photographed in custombuilt studios with concept drawings and behindthescenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. The beautiful book also is encyclopedic, containing examples of every model line built by John Deere since 1919. The book includes drawings and images from the archives of the Henry Dreyfuss Archives housed at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in Manhattan, and from the Theo Brown Archives kept at Wooster Polytechnic Institute. Period images from the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, and other notable historic archives add visual depth to the history. Matching the strong visuals is an indepth history that includes interviews with industrial designers, dealers, and farmers who created, sold, and used the machines.
