Bolens Huski Power-How "Deluxe" Type 12 BB01 Walk-Behind Garden Tractor with Attachments, 1950

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Garden tractor

Date Made

1950

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2022.102.1

Credit

From The Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal
Rubber (Material)

Color

Green
Brown
Yellow (Color)
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 37.5 in (Garden tractor)
Width: 22.5 in (Garden tractor)
Length: 73 in (Garden tractor)
Height: 34.75 in (Cultivator)
Width: 23.5 in (Cultivator)
Length: 49 in (Cultivator)
Height: 18.25 in (Snow blade)
Width: 42 in (Snow blade)
Length: 10.5 in (Snow blade)
Height: 17.25 in (Plow)
Width: 13 in (Plow)
Length: 35 in (Plow)
Height: 11.5 in (Sickle mower)
Width: 32 in (Sickle mower)
Length: 29.5 in (Sickle mower)

Inscriptions

on right and left sides of tractor: Power-Ho on front of tractor: BOLENS plaque on top of tractor: BOLENS / DIVISION / FOOD MACHINERY / CORPORATION / BOLENS HUSKY / fmc / [?] / PORT WASHINGTON / WISCONSIN U.S.A. / WHEN ORDERING PARTS REFER TO / TYPE NO. / 12BB01 / SERIAL NO. A39753 on tractor handles: Schurnn on tractor tires: GOOD YEAR / Super SURE GRIP TRACTOR / MADE IN U.S.A. sticker on tractor tires: CAUTION - / THIS TIRE IS FILLED WITH / CALCIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION / CHECK TIRE PRESSURE WITH VALVE IN UPRIGHT POSITION sticker on left side of cultivator: TR[AC]TORS / [I]MPLEMENTS / AN / [B]OLE[N]S HUSKY] / [f]mc / [B]OLENS PROD[UC]TS, DI[V]IS[ION] on cultivator tires: Firestone / 10 x 1.75 - F plaque on snow blade: BOLENS DIVISION / FOOD MACHINERY / AND CHEMICAL / CORP / BOLENS HUSTY / fmc / (R) / PORT WASHINGTON / WISCONSIN / U.S.A. / WHEN ORDERING PARTS REFER TO: / TYPE NO. HG53101 sticker on snow blade: TR[A]CT[O]RS / I[M]PLEM[E]N[T]S / FOR FA[RM] / AND GARDEN / BO[LENS HUSKY] / f[mc] / FOOD MACHINERY / AND CHEMICAL / [CORP]ORATION / [B]OLENS [PROD]UCTS, [DIV]ISION / FO[O]D MACHINERY AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION / POR[T W]ASHING[TON] / [W]ISC[ON]SIN [U.S.A.] sticker on right side of plow: [TRACTORS] / EM[E]NTS / RM / N / BO[LE]NS / fmc / FOOD MACHINERY / AND CHEMICAL / C[?] / ISION / MICAL [C]ORPOR[AT]ION sticker on front of sickle mower: T[R]ACTORS / I[M]PLEMENTS / FO[R] FARM / AND GARDEN / BOLENS HUSKY / fmc / FOOD MACHINERY / AND CHEMICAL / CORPORATION / [B]OLENS PRODUCTS, DIVISION / [FOO]D MACHINERY AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION / PORT WASHINGTON / WISCONSIN [U.S.A.]