I paid a visit to my sister Judy several weeks ago. She lives in Shelby, Montana, which is where we grew up. My younger brother Dan was visiting from Puyallap, Washington, and I spent the day with them. Judy started the day off right with homemade Caramel Rolls, always a treat for breakfast. My brother-in-law, Tom, restores old Indian Motocycles and recently came upon a virtual horde of Indian Motocycle paper and related ephemera. We had a few minutes to look at some of it, and he gifted me several pieces that immediately caught my eye.
The piece that you see here is one that I gifted back to him. It was sent to Indian dealers by the factory in Springfield, Massachusetts, on what looks to be a weekly basis. This piece is dated October 6th, 1947. I also have several more just like it, although Tom is holding on to a number of them that are stapled together, as many of them were more than one page. THANK YOU, Indian TOM!
I'm a big fan of motorbikes, so this post really tickles my fancy, lol! You've done a great job on this piece, Dave. So much so it's hard to determine which is yours and which is the company's....
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. I think I may have seen some of Chuck's photos at one time of Tom's garage, etc...I always have liked this logo a lot too.
ReplyDeleteReally stunning! The whole image works so nicely.
ReplyDeleteStunning artwork!
ReplyDeleteVery nice! There is only one motorcycle company that I feel is/was better than Harley (...which I ride) and that's an Indian! Great "gift"!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice thing to do—gifts like this are saved treasures. Somewhere down the road there will be children, and grandchildren, whose puzzled expressions will wonder at it and suggest it existence is because. . .
ReplyDeleteI've always liked that beautiful script font of the Indian logo. You nailed it!
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