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1899 EAGLE BICYCLE MFG COMPANY BICYCLING WORLD Torrington CT AMERICAN BICYCLE CO
1899 EAGLE BICYCLE MFG COMPANY BICYCLING WORLD Torrington CT AMERICAN BICYCLE CO
1899 EAGLE BICYCLE MFG COMPANY BICYCLING WORLD Torrington CT AMERICAN BICYCLE CO
1899 EAGLE BICYCLE MFG COMPANY BICYCLING WORLD Torrington CT AMERICAN BICYCLE CO
1899 EAGLE BICYCLE MFG COMPANY BICYCLING WORLD Torrington CT AMERICAN BICYCLE CO
1899 EAGLE BICYCLE MFG COMPANY BICYCLING WORLD Torrington CT AMERICAN BICYCLE CO

1899 EAGLE BICYCLE MFG COMPANY BICYCLING WORLD Torrington CT AMERICAN BICYCLE CO

$ 19.8

Availability: 18 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Brand: Eagle Bicycle Company
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Eagle Bicycle Company: American Bicycle Company
  • Condition: Very good condition, with moderate creasing, few pinholes at intersecting folds. Envelope is soiled, and torn at right edge.

    Description

    From
    The Bicycling World
    , December 28, 1899
    EAGLE BICYCLE COMPANY PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT DISPUTE WITH AMERICAN BICYCLE COMPANY
    FROM THE BICYCLING WORLD December 28, 1899. DEFIES THE A. B. C. Eagle Will Fight the Bottom Bracket Pattern- C.T.P.A. Probably will Meet for Discussion-- One Member’s opinion.
    (Torrington, CT): (Eagle Bicycle Mfg. Co.), 1900. First edition; small broadside announcement. Single sheet (7 x 4.5 inches), printed on one side. In original Eagle Bicycle Manf’g Company, Torrington, Conn. engraved envelope. Very good condition, with moderate creasing, few pinholes at intersecting folds. Envelope is soiled, and torn at right edge.
    Eagle Bicycle Manufacturing Company based in Torrington, Connecticut built bicycles from 1888-1900. At one time, Eagle had a capacity to manufacture 20,000 to 30,000 bicycles annually. The company promoted some of their unique features such as aluminum rims and inner tube tires, which are easily detached and repaired. Eagle built high wheels including a 48", 50" and 52" inch high wheel in the 1880s. They weighed 35 to 50 pounds and cost to 0.
    In 1890, Frank E. Weaver made one of the first ever USA transcontinental bicycle trips (Thomas Stevens has claims to the first in 1884) on a 48" Eagle bicycle. Mr. Weaver supplied periodic reports on the New Haven to San Francisco cross-country trip to Bicycling World.
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