1916 Patent – Dayton Motor Bicycle
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”....
Category: Bicycle Literature
1942 Fall / Winter Firestone Catalog
1942 Fall and Winter Firestone catalog. Shows Colson and Huffman built bicycles. “Bullnose” Super Cruiser, etc.
1941 Firestone Christmas Flyer
Shows Colson and Huffman built bicycles. Super Cruiser “Bullnose” and others.
1919 Black Beauty Catalog
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...
1938 Spiegel Airman West Wind
This artists concept of a radical Shelby bicycle shows features that did not make it to the production “Airflo” model. Double sided full length chain guard, built in tail light, stainless steel tank and...
1938 Spiegel Airman Champion 5-bar
This early version of the Monark Superframe 5-bar, knows as the “Champion 5-bar” in the Spiegel catalog is nearly identical to the 1939 model with the exception of paint details. Notice the lack of...
1940 Western Auto Green Banner Sale Catalog
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...
1939 Western Auto Red Tag Sale Catalog
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...
1939 Western Auto Green Tag Sale Catalog
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...
1917 Montgomery Ward & Co. Hawthorne Catalog
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...