Advertisement for the 1956 Schwinn Corvette. Taken from a comic book. In part, it reads: HEY KIDS! Have more fun on the best bike of them all! The 3-speed SchwinN Corvette – JUST LOOK! 3-Speed Gears Hand Brakes, front and … Continue reading
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Advertisement page from a 1955 comic book. It reads in part: YIPEE! RIDE IT COWBOY! The Schwinn Corvette 3-Speed Middleweight Bike Just take a ride on this exciting new bike and you’ll see why the Corvette gives you more fun … Continue reading
This is a neat brochure put out by Schwinn in 1974 to promote bicycle safety. They mention “12 rules of the road”: Obey all applicable traffic regulations, signs, signals and markings. Observe all local ordinances pertaining to bicycles. Keep right: … Continue reading
This advertisement, issued before Christmas 1948 shows a new 1949 Schwinn B6 Autocycle. The bike shown is fully equipped, with spring fork and fore-wheel brake. The ad reads: When your young hopeful asks for a Schwinn-Built bike for Christmas you … Continue reading
Advertisement from the Saturday Evening Post showing the new Roadmaster bicycle. It reads: Leaders Ride THE NEW ROADMASTER. Leaders always choose the best-and in bicycles, it’s Roadmaster, “America’s Finer Bicycle.” No other bicycle has so many outstanding quality features, It’s … Continue reading
This advertisement for the New Departure Coaster Brake was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1937. It shows three teenagers on their bicycles, happy as can be… worry free, because no doubt, they have full confidence in the Coaster … Continue reading
This magazine advertisement from 1936 shows a Westfield (Columbia) built Mead Ranger. The bicycle is shown equipped with a Delta Gangway pancake horn and a Delta Silver-Ray headlight. … Continue reading
This advertisement from 1946 for Monark Bicycles reads: One Year’s Fire and Theft Insurance at No Extra Cost! Postwar reality in modern design is yours when you buy your new 1946 Monark, the beauty bike of America. It’s new from … Continue reading
This advertisement from 1946 reads: For those “extra special” Christmas presents . . . brand new juvenile models for the youngsters. Latest de-luxe balloon-tire models for teen-agers. Lightweight “Sport Tourists” for grown-ups. All have up-to-the-minute, exclusive COLUMBIA features. All look … Continue reading
This base model lightweight bicycle is typical of the bicycles sold in America during WW2. Lack of chrome plating in areas where it is usually seen was due to restrictions in manufacturing during the war. The chain guard on this … Continue reading