ADVERTISING

BUFFALO PITTS ADVERTISING

The format here is pretty much the same as with the patents.  The name of the PDF document gives information on the ad.  The name starts with the source (magazine title), and then what it is (e.g., "BP Ad" is a Buffalo Pitts ad) followed by the publication date. 

To view, click on the file name, look at the ad, and then click the "back" button on your browser to return to this page, and then view the next ad.  OK?  OK!

BUFFALO PITTS COMPANY ADS

steam traction engines

gasoline tractors

etc.

BUFFALO STEAMROLLER COMPANY ADS

 

a subsidiary of Buffalo Pitts,

which later merged with

Kelly-Springfield to form

Buffalo-Springfield Company

 

Here's an "Ad Image" (below) for the rare Buffalo Pitts "Steam Wagon."  This was essentially a steam-powered traction engine redesigned to serve as a steam-powered dump truck or even a steam-powered pickup truck.  This image originally hung on the wall in an office at the old Buffalo Pitts plant on Carolina Street in Buffalo New York USA.  Your webmaster got this image in response to an ad placed in the local "Steam Association's" newsletter (i.e., the "Flywheel News" bi-monthly newsletter published by the Western New York Gas & Steam Engine Association, a.k.a. Alexander Steam Show of Alexander NY).  The ad said that I was looking for Buffalo Pitts items.  The owner of this image, Brad Fischer of South Wales, NY (located about 25 or so miles SSE of Buffalo, NY),  was given the image by his Grandfather who worked at the Buffalo Pitts plant for a short while.  A "field photo" of this Steam Wagon is in the book "Classic American Steamrollers" sub-titled "1871-1935 Photo Archive" by Drake and Rhode.  Buy this book!!!

 

 

ADS

So, after much, much buying of over-priced advertising pages from old magazines on eBay etc., here we are some two or three or four hundred dollars later with some Buffalo Pitts ads.  Hey, we're worth it, right? 

They are in PDF form.  And, as always, if you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 9.4 or later, then you need to download the latest free copy at Adobe.com.  

Of course, your humble nerdmaster has much more to add.  Things need to be scanned and sorted and exported (to reduce size) and, and, and. 

Like we said on the Home page, this site is still "under construction" and will be for quite a while.  So, please be patient, come back later and check for additions.  Thx!

Oh, almost forgot, if anyone has ads, photos, videos, etc. that they hold the rights to, please forward such items via e-mail to the webmaster. 

We are not allowed to merely add images here that are copied off of the internet.  Only items that we have physically and, therefore, which are not copyrighted (such as old magazine ads) can be posted here. 

Copyright laws must be respected. For example, when anything gets uploaded to this web site, the webmaster has to click a box that states that the webmaster holds the rights to all items uploaded. 

Thank you for your understanding!