(search on an empty box to see all brands) Would make a good rider or Rat Rod with a little love. Faded out original Paint, Seat Cover is gone, Wheels appear in house paint, couple broken spokes on front. Limit results to only brand or company including: Pre War Wards HAWTHORNE Balloon Tire Bike Cruiser Rat Rod 1940s Skip Tooth Original Wards Hawthorne Prewar Cruiser. Snyder who distributed most of their product through D.P. The frame was used for models such as the Sport or Comet and was used all the way through 1939 (but only ’37 for Zeps). Or any ads from period magazines, catalogs, business directories, or newspapers, etc. 1937 Wards Hawthorne Zep The 1937 model uses the aforementioned ‘fastback frame which was first introduced in 1936. Note: If anyone knows of a bicycle brand that is not listed on this page and would like toīill Smith with supporting documentation such as a photo of a name badge on or off the bicycle, That the list does not include all the companies that used these titles to "Gents" and "Racer" were used to identify models. I even have a wartime Columbia-built Hawthorne 'Litewate' (their spelling) in my collection. I'm not sure when Wards dropped the Hawthorne name, but as Simple Simon said, many Hawthornes were built by Cleveland Welding (Roadmaster) or Monark. Also generic terms such as "Roadster", "Ladies", Large, what you have there is a Huffy made for Monkey Wards. Starting with Number 1 and going up in some cases Many of the bicycle companies used numbers toĭistinguish models.
After the 2017 change in the Wheelmen cutoff from 1918 to 1932, this list will gradually be expanded to cover those intermediate years. The list has continued to grow throughout the years and now includes 2925 bicycle brands between 18. Others were identified by manufacturer's catalogs, advertisements, business directories and/or bicycle industry listings. Some of the brands listed were identified by bicycle name plate badges. The list included the company that either manufactured or distributed the bicycle as well as the city, state and date the bicycle was made. Charles Hetzel started compiling a list of bicycle brands made in America. In the early 1970's, The Wheelmen and member Dr.