John Deere swathboard?

[mschwartz]

Picked these up at an auction. Looks like the one was always green but the other was natural wood stained. Any ideas as to about what era they would be from? Thanks, Mike

 

[Tx Jim]

Those are nice items. I remember selling the varnished(stained) grass board when I was employed at JD dealership between '65-'87. I will guess the green painted grass board was sold in previous yrs.

 

[wore out]

Picked these up at an auction. Looks like the one was always green but the other was natural wood stained. Any ideas as to about what era they would be from? Thanks, Mike

You can get an idea of the era from the logos on them... https://blog.machinefinder.com/31713/taking-a-look-through-time-john-deere-logo-history

 

[Rich'sToys]

The no. 5 mowers used a board similar to those.

 

[Richard G.]

Picked these up at an auction. Looks like the one was always green but the other was natural wood stained. Any ideas as to about what era they would be from? Thanks, Mike

Got 2 in the shed.

 

[JIM MN]

wore out has the logos. Both decals on the boards have four legged deer. That would put the boards in the 1950"s. The yellow decal, four legged deer could be the early 1960's? Good fine.

 

[mschwartz]

Thanks for the information, I was happy to see the decals still there when I picked them up. Will have to keep them inside until I need to use them.