Original Vintage Labourier Le Tracteur Tractor Advertising Poster 40s French

POSTER TITLE: Original Vintage LABOURIER Tractor Advertising Poster in French 1940s. This is an Original Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. We fully guarantee the authenticity and condition of our items, and each poster we sell comes with a signed certificate of authenticity. PRINTER: Imprimerie BEDOS & Cie PARIS. MARGIN TEXT: IMP BEDOS & Cie PARIS. CONDITION: (A) Excellent - Great colors and image. BRAND/COMPANY: LABOURIER - was a French company founded in the 1920's by a Monsieur Labourier. The company converted ex Army trucks from the American Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, more often known as Four Wheel Drive or just FWD, founded in 1909 in Clintonville, Wisconsin, as the Badger Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company by Otto Zachow and William Besserdich.

Zachow and Besserdich developed and built the first successful four-wheel drive (4x4) car, the "Battleship", in 1908. Its success led to the founding of the company.

"Badger" was dropped from the name in 1910. Labourier's first vehicles were for used as snow ploughs and service vehicles. The tractors used a CLM engine, with an opposed piston design. The firm stopped building tractors in the 1970's.

STORY/DESCRIPTION: A VERY textually direct and interesting Vintage French ADVERTISING Poster from the 1940s for the one of the most fuel efficient farm tractors in the world-the 15 horsepower Diesel LABOURIER. The Poster Text Reads [Translates] as follows: 15 CV DIESEL [15 Horsepower Diesel] 1 litre 1/2 a l'heure gaz-oil ou fuel [1 liter 1/2 per hour diesel or fuel oil] Le tracteur dont on parle [The tractor we're talking about] Le tracteur de moyenne puissance le plus economique du monde! The most economical medium power tractor in the world!

CONSESSIONAIRE [DEALER] - A blank space at the bottom of the poster to stamp or handwrite the name of the local dealer. This item is in the category "Art\Art Posters". The seller is "vintageposteruk" and is located in this country: GB.

This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Width (Inches): 24
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Subject: Advertising
• Originality: Original
• Size: Medium (up to 36in.

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• Colour: Multi-Colour
• Height (Inches): 31
• Date of Creation: 1940s
• Artist: P.
• Year of Production: 1940
• Style: Vintage
• Type: Poster