Bradford Ontario 1940s Cockshutt Self-Propelled Combine Photo 4 x 3

This 1940s photograph shows a Cockshutt self-propelled combine positioned in a field near Bradford, Ontario, documenting mid-century agricultural mechanization in rural Canada.

Cockshutt, headquartered in Brantford, Ontario, emerged as one of Canada’s prominent agricultural equipment manufacturers during the twentieth century, producing tractors and harvesting machinery for domestic and export markets. Self-propelled combines represented a significant advance over earlier pull-type harvesters, integrating threshing and cutting functions into a single powered unit. The image captures the combine’s wide header assembly in the foreground, with the elevated grain discharge auger visible behind the operator platform, emphasizing the machine’s scale and mechanical complexity.

The photograph measures 4 x 3 inches and preserves clear detail in the Cockshutt branding, header guards, and structural framework of the combine. A handwritten note on the reverse references Bradford, Ontario, anchoring the image geographically. The scene provides strong documentary value for collectors of Canadian farm machinery and postwar agricultural history.

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