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Circa 1902. "Entrance, Sanitarium Park, Alma, Michigan." Baseball boys, a nursemaid, Mr. F. Krueger, an electric (?) runabout! 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.
If I had to mow all that grass with a manual hand mower, I'd take one look and say,
Nope!
Maybe Mr. F. Kreuger is thinking, "What if I put these mower blades on a glove?"
This brings to mind a machine along the lines of a comment here by Doug Floor Plan, guessing Mr. Kreuger's thoughts. How about steam, not electric, for a mower? I present to you the Coldwell Steam Lawn Mower & Roller (with patent dates in 1901 and 1902):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql4a_KZ8n_8
By the way, I still mow with an old reel mower, but no great ideas from me just yet.
Mr. F. Kreuger is thinking, "What if someone put mower blades under that runabout?
I could mow this park in no time."
I've handled a number of those infernal machines in my youth, and I never looked as happy as he does here.
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