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Vintage tri-fold travel brochure promoting Midwest Old Threshers and the Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, produced by the non-profit organization dedicated to preserving agricultural heritage in a modern world and dated 1988 by the interior print code.
Front cover design features the heading Midwest Old Threshers Mt. Pleasant Iowa above a detailed brown line illustration of a steam traction engine identified as a 20 HP Keck Gonneman, Roy Larson, owner, with additional text noting that the group is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving agricultural heritage.
Center spread is headlined Old Threshers Reunion America\'s Largest Steam Show with subheadings calling it the 1987 Iowa Tourism Event of the Year and noting that the reunion runs five days ending Labor Day, illustrated with sepia-toned photographs of steam traction engines, parades, demonstrations, and crowds.
Text panels on the interior describe reunion attractions including over 100 steam engines, crafts and demonstrations, more than 300 antique tractors, over 800 gas engines, antique cars and trucks, horses and horse power, and museum exhibits, along with Iowa\'s largest working craft show, antiques for sale, a large campground, steam train and electric trolley rides, country music, and home-cooked food.
Back panel sections highlight the Heritage Museums with seasonal hours and admission, a Women Partners on the Land feature, the Theatre Museum, and on-site camping with daily and weekly camping at $6.00 per day, group tour rates, and contact information for Midwest Old Threshers in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Additional interior text under the Midwest Old Threshers logo notes that Mt. Pleasant is located 50 miles south of Iowa City at the intersections of U.S. Highways 218 and 34 in southeast Iowa and lists nearby attractions such as Harlan Home, Iowa Wesleyan College, Johnny Clock Museum, Burlington Steamboat Days, Villages of Van Buren County, Kalona Historical Village, Iowa Hall, Amana Colonies, Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, Verity River Museum, and the Tri-State Rodeo.
Lower margin carries the Discover Iowa Treasures branding with a small print line reading 2/88 25M indicating a February 1988 printing, making this brochure a piece of late-1980s Iowa tourism and agricultural heritage ephemera centered on the Midwest Old Threshers steam show and associated museums.
Audience and use: promotional and souvenir brochure for visitors to the Old Threshers Reunion and Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, of interest to collectors of Iowa travel literature, steam engine and tractor show memorabilia, rural and agricultural history ephemera, and Midwest tourism brochures.
Special notes: original Midwest Old Threshers Mt. Pleasant Iowa tri-fold brochure only; see photos and condition description for details of this specific copy.
