A couple weeks ago we posted a two-part story on Greene’s Boat and Motor, going through the history of the company and the effect it had on the bass boat industry. Today we fulfill a promise we wrote in that series by posting Greene’s Boat and Motor Gallery. In this gallery are another 60-plus pictures, most which were not included in the previous stories, documenting the history of Greene’s Boat and Motor.
Some of the pictures were provided by Andy Greene from his files, while others are pictures taken while on trips to visit the Greene’s for interviews. The photos and images date from the 1930s, when Otto Greene started working on outboard motors in his garage, through 2014, when I went and interviewed Rose and Andy for the original piece.
Amongst the images are historical photos of the early days as well as pictures of items Andy showed me that were in the office and hanging around the shop. Old baits, tournament programs, trophies, books and magazines, you name it. The shop is a history of the sport of bass fishing. In any event, they’re all amazing and document only part of the Greene’s story in the bass boat industry.
Although today Greene’s Boat and a Motor is under the Angler’s Choice Marine banner, the company still operates the same as it did when Hubert and Rose were operating it. I hope you enjoy this look back in time.
To scroll through the pictures, click on the first image and then use the scroll arrows.
Gallery
1930s Otto Greene First Test Tank
1950s Hubert Greene
1950s Hubert Greene
1950s Hubert Greene
1950s Hubert Greene
1951 Sales Receipt
1957 Greene’s Outboard Motor and Boat Company
1960s Hubert Greene
1960s Greene’s Outboard Motor and Boat Company
1970s Burke Chain Worms still on the factory card. Photo Terry Battisti.
1970s Hubert Green with an 8lb Smallmouth and 14lb Largemouth from Lure Lake.
1970s Hubert Greene Smallmouth
1970s Otto Greene
1971 Otto and Hubert Greene with a nice string of fish.
1973 Tom Mann’s Methods for Catching Bass. Photo Terry Battisti.
1973 Watts Bar Bassmaster All-American Tournament Program. Photo Terry Battisti.
1974 Hubert Greene and Tom Mann
1974 Hubert Greene with big bass caught at the 1973 Bassmaster All-American at Clark Hill Reservoir.
1976 Greene Boat and Motor Bass Boat Bonanza
1976 Greene Boat and Motor Bass Boat Bonanza
1976 Greene Boat and Motor Bass Boat Bonanza
1978 Fudgey the Pointing Duck.
1978 Fudgey the Pointing Duck March-April 1978 issue of Bassmaster Magazine.
1980s Greene Boat and Motor
1980s Hubert Greene OMC Ad
1980s Hubert Greene and Tom Mann
1983 issue of Tom Mann’s Junior Fisherman magazine. Photo Terry Battisti.
1985 Pre-Construction of the new Greene’s Boat and Motor Complex in Spindale, NC.
1985 Rose Greene and Sandi Loganadan doing what they do best.
1986 Construction
1986 Construction
1986 Construction
1986 Construction
1986 Construction – Hubert talks with his step daughter Sandi about the construction.
1986 Construction – Hubert and Sandi on the construction site.
Andy Greene at the construction site barefoot and happy.
1986 Construction. The interior office spaces being framed in.
1986. Towards the end of construction in 1986, Ranger boats were being delivered in anticipation of opening day.
1986. Construction complete Greene’s was ready for its Grand Opening.
1986. Construction complete Greene’s was ready for its Grand Opening.
1986. Construction complete Greene’s was ready for its Grand Opening.
1986 Greene Boat and Motor Grand Opening
1986 Techsonic Industries, maker of Humminbird Electronics congratulates Hubert and Rose on the new building.
1986 Techsonic Industries, maker of Humminbird Electronics congratulates Hubert and Rose on the new building.
1988 Tom Mann’s Research Angler Magazine Spring 1988.
1993 Greene’s Boat Trader.
2014. A spotless 1973 Ranger TR10 sits on the showroom floor.
2014. A spotless 1973 Ranger TR10 sits on the showroom floor.
2014. A spotless 1973 Ranger TR10 sits on the showroom floor.
2014. A spotless 1973 Ranger TR10 sits on the showroom floor.
2014 Greene Boat and Motor Flyer.
2014 Greene Boat and Motor Flyer.
2014 Greene Boat and Motor Flyer.
2014 Greene Boat and Motor Flyer.
2014 Greene Boat and Motor Flyer.
2014 Greene Boat and Motor Center Office area. Photo Terry Battisti.
2014 Greene’s Boat and Motor
2014 Hubert Greene’s Coveralls Back
2014 Hubert Greene’s Coveralls Front
2014 Some of Hubert Greene’s Trophies. Photo Terry Battisti.
2014 More of Hubert Greene’s Trophies. Photo Terry Battisti.
2014 More of Hubert Greene’s Trophies. Photo Terry Battisti.
2014 Living Legends American Sportfishing. Hubert is a legend in bass fishing.
2014 Living Legends American Sportfishing. Hubert is a legend in bass fishing.
2014. Andy Greene posing with the Living Legends book, opened to his Dad’s page. Photo Terry Battisti.
2014. The inside leaf of the book is signed by author Larry Columbo. Photo Terry Battisti.
The limited edition poster of the Living Legends. Photo Terry Battisti.
The limited edition poster of the Living Legends signature. Photo Terry Battisti.
