A massive boiler whose steam could be channeled through a long hose to steam-fed farm machines, toys, utility vehicles and other steam-powered apparatus is tended by association member Tom Kouttron, foreground, and Mike Cooke of Rindge. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Master woodcarver John Lake of Laker's Acres in Orange, Mass., makes the sawdust fly at the GSG&SE Spring Show as he carves a big-eyed owl upon a heavy timber from a fallen tree during the rendering of one of his artworks that focus on folklore, nature, animals and birds that he produces with detailed precision. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

All manner of products from a diverse group of vendors included dozens of handcrafted pillows sporting images of tractors, trucks, cars and nature themes from Doris Lake, partner to woodcarver and exhibitor John Lake, both representing Laker's Acres of Orange, Mass., whose pillow extravaganza and chainsaw carving demonstrations of tree stumps and logs drew buyers and admirers to the recent GSG&SE Spring Show in Hollis. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

The 1950 Oliver tractor churning black smoke with the exertion of dragging a platform of stones weighing 8,000 pounds is the Tractor Pull entry of Michael Costos of Groton, Mass., one of the contenders in the Tractor Pull event, a challenge for some rugged antique tractors at the recent Granite State Gas and Steam Engine Association's 53rd Annual Spring Show. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

The Granite State Gas and Steam Engine Association's 53rd Annual Spring Show, traditionally celebrated at the club's home base in Hollis on the first weekend in June, attracted some of the group's most active members, from left, Richard Keegan Jr,, aboard a 1957 Ford 860 all-purpose utility tractor with a two-way plow and Richard Keegan III, manning a 1962 Ford 841s Powermaster all-purpose utility tractor enhanced with an Elenco four-wheel drive kit, seen here with Nick Freda, driving in fine style a 1958 Ford 841s 4x4 antique utility tractor. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

The Spring Show hosted by GSG&SE showcased automotive examples of race cars, all housing 350 cubic-inch small-block Chevrolet engines, competitors that include the #35 Car, a 1936 Buick body in open-wheeled modified class owned by Ken Brown of Epsom and displayed here by Scott DeCota of Chichester, owner of the #53 Car, a 1941 Ford Body on a Garner Levitt chassis modified and the #22 Car, a 1960 upright supermodified monster formerly owned by renowned racer Roy Eldridge. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON