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 | Beauty and Bikes on Atlantic City Boardwalks - Six lovely ladies on their deluxe 1930's Bicycles. Noteworthy bicycles are, 3rd from the left, Rollfast V-200, far right is a Schwinn Motorbike and just to the left of that is a Schwinn Aerocycle. |
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 | Bicycle Plant in Little Rock (1956, AMF) - This brochure is a reprint from the June 1956 issue of American Bicyclist and Motor Cyclist magazine. It shows the new Little Rock bicycle plant in operation. |
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 | Brochure (1949, Mercury) - Mercury bicycle brochure. Mercury was the in-house brand name of the Murray Ohio Manufacturing Company. |
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 | Catalog (1954, Evans Colson) - Bicycle dealer catalog. This catalog shows the full line of bicycles and tricycles offered by Evans Colson for the 1954 model year. The most deluxe bike offered was the Firebird, a 3 speed balloon tire bike with hand brakes and springer fork. The single speed version was named the Olympic.This bike and others offered this year were designed by the ... |
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 | Catalog (1938 Spring / Summer, Firestone ) - Firestone's 1938 Spring and Summer catalog once again shows Huffman and Colson built bicycles. The Fleetwood Supreme is offered for the last time, and the new Twin-Flex is offered featuring front and rear suspension. Huffman's first version of the Twin-Flex was nickamed the Death Bike because it almost caused the death of the Huffman Manufacturing ... |
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 | Catalog (1937 Fall / Winter, Firestone) - 1937 Fall and Winter Firestone catalog showing Huffman and Colson bicycles. The Fleetwood Supreme is offered by Firestone for the first time. Notice in the photo the bike is shown with unusual truss rods that never made it into mass production. |
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 | Catalog (1920, Dayton) - Dealer catalog for Dayton bicycles, 1920. Dayton bicycles were manufactured by the Davis Sewing Machine Company. |
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 | Catalog (1934, Columbia) - Dealer brochure for 1934 Columbia bicycles, manufactured by Westfield. The "Twinbar" model is shown. Westfield made a version of this bicycle for Sears to be sold under the Elgin name, still wearing the Twinbar name. |
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 | Catalog (1937 Spring / Summer, Firestone) - 1937 Spring and Summer catalog from Firestone showing Huffman and Colson built bicycles. The coveted Firestone Fleetwood Supreme, known commonly as a Huffman Streamliner is shown as the top of the line. |
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 | Catalog (1911, Corbin) - Corbin Screw Corporation catalog for 1911. Includes front and rear hubs for bicycles and motorcycles. |
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 | Catalog (1939, Roadmaster) - Dealer brochure showing the 1939 model year bicycles from Roadmaster. Shown is the top of the line Men's Supreme "4-gill" model. |
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 | Catalog (1919, Black Beauty) - This 1919 "Black Beauty" Catalog shows the Champion, Traveler, Pony, Pacer, Trotter, Colt, Ladies, and Juvenile model bicycles by the Haverford Cycle Company in Philidelphia. Also shown are a large selection of sundries such as Troxel saddles, Firestone tires, Atherton, Morrow, New Departure, Corbin, and Sturmey Archer coaster brakes and many othe... |
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 | Catalog Page (1937, Evinrude Streamflow) - This page from a 1937 Hardware Age merchandise catalog shows the Evinrude Streamflow bicycle. This would be Evinrude's first and last attempt at an entry into the bicycle market. The bicycle was a failure, the aluminum forks regularly broke. Few bicycles were not returned for a refund and even fewer survive without a fork that has been welded back ... |
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 | Catalog Page (1939, B.F. Goodrich) - B.F. Goodrich catalog pages showing their bicycle offerings. The bicycles were manufactured by Schwinn. They wore special paint, decals, and badging to identify them as B.F. Goodrich models. |
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 | Catalog Pages (1910, Sears) - Sears & Robuck Co. pages from a 1910 store catalog showing a few of their bicycles, the Napoleon and Peerless. |
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 | Fall Winter Dealer Catalog (1941, Goodyear) - The Goodyear Double Eagle Clipper and Double Eagle Deluxe were Goodyear's top of the line bikes for 1941. The Design was the work of Wilbur Henry Adams, who was involved in other bicycle and toy designs at the time for the Colson Corporation. |
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 | Hawthorne Catalog (1917, Montgomery Ward & Co.) - This outstanding full color catalog from 1917 features the full line of bicycles and bicycle parts that was available from the Montgomery Ward stores for that year. Some featured parts include the Sturmey Archer 3-speed coaster brake hub, New Departure hubs, Riverside brand tires, Persons leather bicycle saddles and a variety of riding apparel amo... |
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 | Imperial Twin-Cushion (1941, Colson) - This is an ad copy for the very rare double suspended Colson "Twin-Cushion" bicycle. The rear of the frame was cushioned in the same manner as the front fork, which was a Colson exclusive design. It is not known exactly how many of these bikes were sold, but we do know it was very few. Only a handful of originals are known to exist. |
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 | Patent - Dayton Motor Bicycle (1916, Dayton) - Patent granted to George Gorman of the Davis Sewing Machine Company. This engine was sold with a specially designed motorcycle styled frame by davis under the Dayton name tag, called the Dayton "Motor Bicycle". The engine kits were later sold as the Davis Motorwheel and Smith Motorwheel. |
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 | Sears 53rd Anniversary Sale Catalog (1939, Sears Elgin) - This scanned page shows an Elgin Twin-Bar with unique headlight. The bike shown on this page proves that what you see in the regular twice-yearly Sears catalogs is not necessarily all of what was sold at the Sears stores. This Twin-Bar has the deluxe gothic chain guard, but only the basic head shroud castings and basic carrier, and all painted. |
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 | Spiegel Catalog (1939 Spring / Summer) - These pages were scanned from the 1939 Spring and Summer Spiegel catalog. They show bicycles made by Monark Silver King Inc. and the Shelby Cycle Company. Spiegel's bikes were brand named Airman.
The first page shows the bikes built by Monark. The most deluxe being the Comet, which is an extremely rare twin-suspension variation of Monark's Super... |
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 | Terminology (Anatomy of a Bicycle) - This diagram shows all the major components of an antique or vintage bicycle and labels them. It is important to know the correct terminology when seeking parts for your restoration project. |
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 | The Bicycle Gets a Motor - The December '55 issue of ABM magazine was a 75th anniversary issue that contains a lot of reprints of old ads from the 1880's up to current (1955). It also featured this great article about the history of motor attachments for bicycles. There is a photo of a steam powered hi-wheel bicycle, plus reprints of old ads for the Smith Motor Wheel as well... |
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 | West Wind (1938, Spiegel Airman) - This artists concept of a radical Shelby bicycle shows features that did not make it to the production "Airflo" model. Double sided full lenght chain guard, built in tail light, stainless steel tank and guard, wire fender braces, speedometer built into the goosneck and solid pedal blocks are among the differences. Overall a very nice design, too ... |
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 | Western Auto 32nd Aniversary Sale Catalog (1941) - This scanned page from a Western Auto dealer catalog shows the bicycle models available during this special sale in 1941. Models built by Huffman and the Cleveland Welding Company are shown. Davis Deluxe bicycle tires are also shown. |
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 | Western Auto Catalog (1937) - These scans, from the 1937 Western Auto Supply catalog show Shelby built bicycles. The deluxe Streamline "Master" model was later called the Air-Flo by Western Auto Supply and other retailers, however Shelby called this early version (1937-1938) the Airflow (no dash, and spelled with a 'w' at the end). Later, Shelby would call the bike the Airflo, ... |
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 | Western Auto Catalog (1938) - In this 1938 Western Auto Supply catalog, we see bicycles built by Shelby. The early version of the Air-Flo is shown. The Air-Flo DeLuxe features a Delta torpedo combination horn-headlight and a Delta Defender tail light. This bike also features a Lobdell Horizontal Spring saddle. Available was the New Departure 2-speed hub. |
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 | Western Auto Green Banner Sale Catalog (1940) - This scan from a 1940 Western Auto Supply catalog shows bicycles built by the Huffman Manufacturing Company. The deluxe boys bike uses the 3-rib streamliner tank that was used on the desirable Super Streamline and Twin-Flex models. On the second page is shown the repair and accessories that were avaible. Davis Deluxe Safety-Grip tires were the top ... |
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 | Western Auto Green Tag Sale Catalog (1939) - This scan of a page from a 1939 Western Auto Supply store catalog reads "Good News! for Pre-School Bicycle Buyers!" and advertises a lay-away plan for the purchase of a new bike. Shown are bicycles built by Shelby, such as the Sheby Airflo ladies model and the deluxe tank model built by the Cleveland Welding Company, makers of Roadmaster bicycles. |
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 | Western Auto Red Tag Sale catalog (1940) - This scanned page from a 1940 Western Auto Supply catalog shows a wide variety of Western Flyer bicycles that were available. In the lineup are a Huffman built men's bicycle with streamline 3 rib tank, Huffman built ladies model with tank, Murray built Mercury with lights built into the tank, Huffman built mens bicycle with spring suspension fork l... |
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 | Western Auto Red Tag Sale Catalog (1939) - These catalog pages were scanned from a 1939 Western Auto Supply catalog. Shown are Western Flyer bicyles and repair parts and accessories. The bicycles shown were made by a variety of manufacturers. The two ladies bikes and the base model boys bike shown were made by Shelby. The deluxe fully equipped boys bike with horn tank was built by the Cleve... |
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