I know I have not posted in the last two weeks. But we lost a member of the Schwanke family and I wanted to pay my respects to the family.
We only have two weeks left here at the museum and I wanted to show you a little bit around the gift shop.
Everything we have in the gift shop is for sale so stop by and check things out. Just to name a few items we have here at the museum gift shop: Pedal tractors, Pedal cars, toy tractors, toy cars, a vast array of John Deere knick knacks, Harley Davidson tin signs, prints and much much more.

Here are a few photos I took of the gift shop.

Pedal Airplane

John Deere bird house

Match or Tooth pick holders

Pedal police car, Chev Pedal car and 1/8 scale John Deere tractor

just a few of the collectible toy tractors

16'' John Deere boys bike we also have girls bikes

just a few of the many books we have that feature tractors

walls of collectable tin signs 

collectable gas globes, toy cars and tractors 

signed farm prints

collectable toy tractors and trucks

signed Farmall M Pedal tractor

Car collector books

this is just a small helping of what we have for sale at Schwanke Museum. So check us out

I have also decided that I am only going to write one article a month till we open again in the spring.

so have a good winter and keep stopping in to the blog for updateds.

In Memory of Mike Schwanke

On Monday October 3rd we lost a Beloved Family Member and Friend; Mike Schwanke.

Mike Schwanke is the son of Virgil and Agnes Schwanke.

I had the pleasure of working with Mike at the Schwanke Truck and Tractor Shop and at the Schwanke Museum for the last 2 years. Every afternoon Mike would park one of the 3 8N tractors he had rebuilt out in front of the Museum for display. Mike was a great mechanic, if a part was needed and could not be bought he would manufacture the part himself. Mike worked around the shop where he worked on tractors, changed tires, and general maintenance around the shop and museum.

Mike was a quite man, but when you got him talking he was a joy to listen too. I enjoyed his many fishing story or the stories of his youth. Mike also restore many of the vehicles that are on display at the museum. So in Memory of Mike Schwanke, I am going to post the Three 8N Ford here on the Schwanke Museum blog.

1949 8N 60 hp French Built Engine

 The Three 8N's  

1949 V12 Ford 8N 120 hp



1949 V12 Ford 8N 120 hp

Thank You Mike Schwanke you will be missed.