lot of old 1950 gas engine manuals, part lists, drawings etc.

Lot of assorted owners and maintenance manuals for gasoline engines from an old farm estate. These manuals are mostly dated 1950. There are:

Lauson "Owner's Instruction Manual and Repair Parts List" for model RSH 2 HP 4-cycle air cooled engine from The Lauson Company - a division of Hart-Carter - New Holstein, Wisconsin. This manual has about 22 pages with exploded drawings and about 4 1/2 pages (over 500) of authorized Lauson service locations (organized by state and city).

Lauson "Owners Operating and Maintenance Manual - with Repair Parts Catalog". This Lauson manual covers "Vertical Models 55 SV - RSV 750 - RSV 800 - TLV 900 Engine Series" with 37 pages with exploded drawings, parts lists, 8 pages of authorized service stations etc.

"Operating and Maintenance Instructions with Parts List for Sears Gasoline Engines". This manual covers model numbers 500.700014 & 500.700035. It has 24 pages with drawings and more.

Operating Manual and Parts List - Craftsman '18' Power Mower - Model Number 123.8150 - Included with this Craftsman Power Mower is a Briggs & Stratton 4-cycle Gasoline Motor". This manual has 13 pages with exploded drawing etc.

There are also a number of other assorted engine related items, leaflets, hang tags etc., all with the manila envelope that these papers were being stored in.