Talking about Wheel Horse pictures

[Wild Bill in VA 1,452]

I had these tucked away in my collection, they are artist concept drawings for advertising early 1960's Wheel Horse tractor models and attachments. I acquired these at auction many years ago and think maybe 5 or 6 were available, I was out bid on some and one was given away as a raffle prize at the Annual Wheel Horse Show. The artist was Edward Einar Johnson of Hartford, MI and are in their original folder with the wax paper cover. Now when taking a close look at the drawings you see a 1962 model 552 pulling a gang style mower but the SGM-603 which came out in mid-year of 1962 had out rigger type reel mowers attached mid frame. And the picture with the cultivator set came out at the end of the year in 1962 but is listed as the AC-673 and is being pulled by a 1962 Model 702.

Wild Bill in Richmond VA

[Pullstart 62,905]

Thank you for sharing Bill!

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

Those are awesome! Think you could atleast make about  if you got those nicely reproduced. Sure would make some cool garage/mancave art.

 

[Wild Bill in VA 1,452]

32 minutes ago, sjoemie himself said:

Those are awesome! Think you could atleast make about  if you got those nicely reproduced. Sure would make some cool garage/mancave art.

 

I will tell you the value of these pictures would be high, they are original, signed by the artist and 1 of a kind. I do not know if the concepts were actually used in any of Wheel Horses advertisements, if the original ads could be found would be neat. They could have been used for wall art at the factory in offices I am just not sure, but they were found in South Haven, MI not far from South Bend, IN.

Wild Bill in Richmond VA

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

Yes i'm sure the original prints are near priceless for WH enthousiasts. What I was hinting at though is that you could have these prints reproduced and then sell them, or have some t-shirts (or 'merch' as people like to call thar) made with these drawings on them.

You would have atleast one customer 

[Retired Wrencher 5,464]

Tastefully done Bill. He had talent in his drawings.

[Pullstart 62,905]

T-shirts… would be pretty awesome!