Tractor: Quick Facts

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Rusty vintage steam-powered farm tractor with large metal wheels, a cylindrical boiler, and a tall smokestack, showing signs of age and wear.

World War I era artillery tractor with camouflage paint and caterpillar tracks, parked on a street in front of a building.

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Tractor harvesting potatoes.

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