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From: NJ, NYC, LI
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
My grandmother, who lived in Buffalo NY, went out and bought a bike during WW2. It was badged T. A. Rick, Buffalo, NY. It had the skiptooth chain like this one, and thin tires like this one, though I don't recall whether they were 26 x 1 3/8.
I don't mean to suggest the bike in the picture was a T. A. Rick; my point is only that at this period there were a lot of American bicycle manufacturers.