Monday, March 02, 2015

steam shovels have always been interesting to me, when I was a tyke I liked the book Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, funny how that sorta thing sticks with you



Anyone else remember Mike Mulligan and Mary Anne?





vintage photos from Shorpy.com and the rest from Google books 

3 comments:

  1. This was my favorite book as a child, too! Thanks!

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  2. Every time my wife sees a picture of a steam shovel she says "It's Mike Mulligan's steam shovel!"

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  3. That was my favorite book! My grandfather had an old cable operated excavator. That might have been part of the reason.

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