Blue Hog
by Jenny Revitz Soper
Title
Blue Hog
Artist
Jenny Revitz Soper
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Beginning in 1920, a team of farm boys racing their Harleys blew away the competition. The group had a live hog as their mascot and following a win, they took the hog on a victory lap. They became known as the "Hog Boys." In 1983, the Harley Davidson Motor Company formed a club for Harley owners, taking advantage of the long-standing nickname by turning "hog" into the acronym HOG, for Harley Owners Group. Harley-Davidson attempted to trademark "hog", but lost the case when the appellate panel ruled that "hog" had become a generic term for large motorcycles and was therefore not protectable as a trademark.
On August 15, 2006, Harley-Davidson Inc. was able to get its NYSE ticker symbol changed from HDI to HOG.
This Blue Hog was on display at a 4th of July Street fair in Fillmore California, 2016.
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July 6th, 2016
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John Hughes
Wonderful image, voted for in TRANSPORTATION AT ITS BEST CONTEST BY INVITE ONLY Contest.
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #19 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this fabulous blue Hog for special feature on the 1000 view group T/F
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