Wallis

From 1902 to 1932, Wallis tractors emerged from the workshops of the J.I. Case Plow Works in Racine, though this entity operated independently from the Case Threshing Machine Company that would later produce tractors under the Case name. The genesis of Wallis Tractor lay with Henry Wallis, who held a familial connection to Jerome Case as his son-in-law. Serving also as president of the J.I. Case-founded Case Plow Works, Wallis initiated preliminary tractor development as early as 1902, with some initial assembly taking place in Cleveland, Ohio. However, the company truly took form in 1912, being formally organized in Racine, Wisconsin. The Case Plow Works was responsible for both the construction and distribution of the Wallis Tractor. A shift occurred in 1928 when Massey-Harris acquired the Case Plow Works, assuming control of Wallis tractor production—a transaction that also transferred complete ownership of the 'Case' designation to Case Threshing Machine. Massey-Harris maintained the Wallis branding for another four years, until 1932, at which point the Massey-Harris name supplanted it entirely.