E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency

1890s American bicycle manufacturer
E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency
Company typeBicycle Manufacturing
IndustryBicycle production
GenreBicycles
Founded1893; 131 years ago (1893)
FounderEdward Carl Stearns
Defunct1899; 125 years ago (1899)
FateMerged with the American Bicycle Company of Chicago
Headquarters
Syracuse, New York
,
United States
Area served
United States
Key people
Herbert E. Maslin
ProductsYellow Fellow
Number of employees
2,000
ParentE. C. Stearns & Company

E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency was established in 1893 by industrialist Edward C. Stearns, who began business as a hardware manufacturer and branched out into bicycle production from 1893 through 1899.[1]

Advertisements

E. C. Stearns & Company - Advertisement - April 1893
E. C. Stearns & Company - Advertisement - April 1893
Buy a Bicycle, Buy a Stearns - Benjamin & Andrews, agents at 121 West Jefferson Street in Syracuse, New York 1895
Stearns Bicycle - Syracuse Evening Herald - April 1895
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - April 1895
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - The Philistine, December 1896
Stearns Bicycle - White Flyer in either white or black - 1896
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - New Zealand Evening Post, 1896
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - For Ladies - 1897
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement, Good Roads, June 1900
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - 1900
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - Syracuse Post-Standard, June 5, 1901

References

  1. ^ "Bicycle Brands Home Page". The Wheelmen, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
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