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The Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum, a nonprofit corporation, collects, preserves and displays examples of mechanical ingenuity and crafts associated with the early days of the American farm and rural community. The Museum offers educational and recreational opportunities to the public through exhibits, demonstrations, activities and programs displaying the art of invention fulfilling necessity. Acknowledging the past provides direction for the future.

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Greg Hayden, The Ignitor Editor, Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum.

The Ignitor is published February, April, June, August, October and December. The deadline for copy, articles and advertisements, is the 20th day of January, March, July & November; the 10th day of May and September. Single copies and back issues are $7.00 each including postage. Non-Member subscriptions, $36.00 per year. The Ignitor Ads (for antique equipment and parts ONLY) are free to members. All other member and non-member ads are $200 for a full page, $100 for 1/2 page, $50 for 1/4 page, $25 for business card size, per issue. Six pre-paid business card size ads for the price of four $100.

The Ignitor Photo Submission Requirements. The easiest way is to snail mail me 35mm color photographs. One time use cameras are fine. But please send copies only. Submitted articles, ads and photographs are retained in The Ignitor archives. For best results, digital photographs should be taken with a 3 Megapixel, or higher, digital camera. Minimum picture settings must be 2048 pixels x 1536 pixels, generating a photo of about 1.5MB. Digital photos may be burned to a CD and snail mailed to our museum office, or sent as an email attachment to If you have something that you wish to scan, for a full page use 300 dpi, ½ page 600 dpi, ¼ page 1200 dpi.

This issues Photo Credits: Front cover: Dean Alling June 15, 2007. Back cover: Dean Alling July 17, 2007.

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