Roseman Tractor Mower Co. Broadside And Letter

[ROSEMAN TRACTOR MOWER COMPANY, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS

Publication: Privately printed, 1926, NP

8 1/2" x 11" sheet advertising the new Roseman "Economy" Tractor. A New 1926 Ford Chassis - A Steel Body - A Low Price - $450.00 Printed in blue and black. Photograph of the New Economy Tractor at center, showing a crank start. "Joe Roseman was born in 1888 and grew up in Philadelphia, where he caddied and played golf. Becoming quite proficient as a golfer, he became a professional at age 15. Among Roseman’s first professional positions were jobs in Lake Placid, NY, then a move westward brought him to Des Moines Golf & Country Club where he served as both professional and superintendent from 1907-1916. It was here at DMGCC that Roseman’s ingenuity and inventiveness sparked his ideas about mowing and would earn him a reputation as the 'father of the modern mower.' Joe created a hitch for horses that allowed them to pull three gang mowers as a unit. He later adapted a Model T Ford to serve as a tractor to pull these same mowers. Roseman then moved to Racine, WI, and took up golf course design, and by the end of 1917 had moved again, just 70 miles to the south, settling in Glenview, IL where he designed courses and served as the first professional and course superintendent at the Westmoreland Country Club in Wilmette. Roseman then made yet another golf career change and started selling his latest golf innovation, the Roseman Mower, a hollow mower roller designed to preserve the turf. Joe opened the Roseman Tractor Mower Company in Evanston in 1928. Naturally, if grass grew faster and taller, then it would need to be cut more frequently and that would be good for the company business, so Joe pioneered the use of complete underground watering systems for golf courses. He sold this idea and the pipes along with his tractor mowers." (chicagogolfreport.com) 8 1/2" x 11" typed letter to potential buyers from the Roseman Tractor Mower Company explaining that putting green turf is the most delicate and most highly cultivated turf on a golf course and needs special consideration. Roseman Hollow Roller Mowers do not require the putting green roller, thereby building dense turf on fairways comparable to that on greens. Broadside is lightly soiled and with wear to top edge. Letter is lightly soiled and with chipping to top and right edges.

Inventory Number: 50890