There were hundreds of brands of cycles made in US up to 1905 or so. Wheelmen.org has a lot of specific brand information. Factories often built several different brands and there were other brands that shared names but were completely separate entities.

Like today, there were component makers, frame builders etc. and only a few of "all in one" places like pope and schwinn. Head to the library and search old department store catalogs.


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