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My thanks to Mike for his superlative 'puter magic...!! His offer to assist me in showing folks what a WW1 Machine Gun Cart Co. looked like is probably the first time in over 85+-yrs they have been seen. Thank you again,Mike.

Gentlemen....been awhile since I've posted anything on STEELSOLDIERS. It's a trying time during this covid-19 thing and have limited time to do anything else at my reloading business. However...was able to assemble an entire U.S. Army WW1 1917 Machine Gun Cart Co. for a photo shoot in late Nov...

Update:Have sold the original 1917 Machine Gun Cart-in-the-crate to the collector/owner of handcartz.com. Sold my 2nd. gun cart to a gentleman who is a re-enactor at Newville,PA for WW1. He will put it to good use. Selling price was $2,500.00 for this gun cart with no accessories and set up...

Assembled 1917 carts....

Since these 1917 Army carts are so rare....believe less than 200-carts in existence...the only real test of value is the open market. Have only seen 2-examples of original carts...from a museum...in a 2001 article from Small Arms Review. Most carts,when found,have been stripped of all boxes and...

Thank you to all for great comments and esp. the segment on where/how a lot of Southern pine came north to Chicago. Realize that these pieces of military history are rare...but to conserve them...not 'restore' them...to their original granduer and display them as 'issued' is my goal. To do...

Thought about posting to my original thread on the 1917 carts...but this is such an historic find that I believe it deserves it's own thread. Recovered 3-original 1917 carts from Hernando,MS area last week...1400 mi. round trip. 2-carts in the ORIGINAL SHIPPING CRATES,as they left the...