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The font match between the sign and the headbadge is really telling. Maybe there is some documentation that would mention the Miision in pruchasing or renting bikes to guests? Maybe a stolen Mission badged bike?? This time period 1900-1920s, there was quite a craze about the Mission era, popular books, songs, movies and of course lots of Mission Revival architecture. Even the US Army built Mission Revival buildings, including buildings built for the US Military Disciplinary Barracks at Alcatraces, now of course well known as Alcatraz. (My wife and I both worked on Alcatraz as a ranger for 2 years in the early 1980s)I was having a discussion with another Cabe member about this badge, and the possibility of its likeness to the Mission Inn, and Mt.San Antonio in the background. Here are a few comparison pictures to ponder.
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Bell tower on the Mission Inn, Riverside, California.
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Mt. San Antonio as seen from the Mission Inn.
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AS&Co. badge.
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Similar font style to what’s depicted on the badge.
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An early street scene from around the Mission Inn.
Nothing definitive, but it’s fun to imagine.
Wonderful photo! Looking at the license plates on the cars this has to have been taken in 1914 or 1915. What a great variety of bike frames, the double bar in the front! I wonder if these were bike messenger or delivery boy bikes? Check out the bike leaning against the palm tree with the handlbars reversed!
The type of license plates on the two cars nail the date of this photo to 1914 or 1915. Those were the only two years the porcelain plates had Cal on the left side and the date vertically on the right. You had to get a new plate each year until 1916 when they started issuing a metal tag to put on the plate for the year like the modern stickers. If this was taken after 1915 they would have the new plate design. I own a 1914 Cal License Plate.
From Wikipedia:
1914 to 1962
In 1956, the United States, Canada, and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting holes.[7] The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the first California license plate that complied with these standards.Image | Dates issued | Design | Serial format | Serials issued | Notes |
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1914 | white on red porcelain | 123456 | 1 to 122375[8] | Replaced all 1905–13 plates. | |
1915 | black on yellow porcelain | 123456 | 1 to 163557[9] | Brass Seal: Hexagon | |
1916 | blue on white porcelain | 123456 | 1 to 234317[10] | Validation tab: 1916 Bear (Front) 1916 Bear (Rear) | |
1917 | 234318[11] to 357299[12] | Registered owners of plate numbers 1 to 234317 only received the Poppy tabs to place on their 1916 plates. Validation tab: Poppy | |||
1918 | 357300[13] to 485000[14] | Registered owners of plate numbers 1 to 357299 only received the Bell tabs to place on their 1916 plates. Validation tab: Bell | |||
1919 | 485001[15] to 599705[16] | Registered owners of plate numbers 1 to 485000 only received the Star tabs to place on their 1916 plates. Validation tab: Star | |||
1920 | white on black | 123-456 | 1 to 527-583 | ||
1921 | black on yellow | 123-456 | 1 to 651-640[17] | ||
1922 | blue on white | 123456 | 1 to 2000; 70001 to 881909[18] |
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