Join us in 2012 as we host the
Minneapolis-Moline Collectors

In 2012, the Albert City Threshermen and Collectors will host the Minneapolis-Moline Collectors for their national summer show.  We will feature Twin City, Minneapolis, Moline Power Company and post-merger Minneapolis Moline, along with Avery Equipment.  

The feature tractors will be the Moline Jet Star and BigMo 400.

According to club member Chuck Virgil, the club would like to take advantage of all the working activities that are available at the show.

“We would like to have as many implements as possible and put them to work in the field,” he said. “We would like to do threshing, combining and baling. We will feature things that were unique to Moline, such as the corn shellers which you still see around the country. We will do as much as possible the old fashioned way and do the things that Moline did and did well.

The Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company designed and sold Twin City tractors worldwide from 1910 through 1929. In an effort to become a full line supplier, Minneapolis Steel proposed a merger with Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company and Moline Plow Company.  These three parent companies became Minneapolis Moline Power Implement Company in 1929.  In 1951, the B.F. Avery and Sons Company merged with the MM firm.

Minneapolis -Moline Collectors, Inc. is a club with about 500 members. MMCI exists for the preservation and enjoyment of the products of Minneapolis-Moline, its predecessors and related companies, for the exchange of information concerning the same, and for the education of the public as to the historical nature and role of such products. The club holds a summer and winter show each year. The club held a winter show in Clarion, Iowa.

To learn more about the club, visit their website at: www.minneapolismolinecollectors.org.

The MM Corresponder is the newsletter for the Collectors group. It is published in full color four times a year in February, May, August and November.   The Corresponder is for all M-M, T-C, MTM and Moline Plow Company enthisiasts. It keeps everyone updated and informed on what's new with the M-M Collectors Club and includes company history, articles from yesteryear, color photos and letters from all over the world. To subscribe, email mmcorresponder@westianet.net or call 712-677-2491.

Don't forget to make your reservations for the M-M Banquet on Saturday, August 11, 6:30 P.M.