Gary Mc
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
1904 book; ...History of the House of P. & F. Corbin, MCMIV ...;by John B. Comstock
There was a history written on P.&F. Corbin in 1904 by John Comstock. Starting to look through it to see if I can glean anything on their early days in the bicycle industry. It is at Google Books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=y_...EwAQ#v=onepage&q=corbin screw history&f=false
POST NOTE: Quickly scanned this 105 page book & turned up nothing on bicycles or hubs, it is essentially a history of the first 50 years of the company mainly in the hardware/screw industry. One note is that P.&F.Corbin is found on page 90:
"The greatest need of P & F Corbin in 1902 was increased foundry facilities to provide castings for the enlarged factory Accordingly on September 9th the directors empowered the management to build an iron foundry 60 x 400 feet upon the Annex property on Stanley Street The work was pushed with all the speed possible and a large force of men is now employed in a commodious foundry equipped with the most modern devices.
On May 2 1903 the Corbin Screw Corporation was organized as a subsidiary company of the American Hardware Corporation to take charge of the manufacture of screws and screw products in the screw plants formerly belonging to P & F Corbin and the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company"
So we can take from this, that up to May 1903, hubs may have been labeled P.&F. Corbin on the brake arms and beginning in May 1903 or that general timeframe the hubs changed to being labeled Corbin Screw Corp. on the brake arms
There was a history written on P.&F. Corbin in 1904 by John Comstock. Starting to look through it to see if I can glean anything on their early days in the bicycle industry. It is at Google Books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=y_...EwAQ#v=onepage&q=corbin screw history&f=false
POST NOTE: Quickly scanned this 105 page book & turned up nothing on bicycles or hubs, it is essentially a history of the first 50 years of the company mainly in the hardware/screw industry. One note is that P.&F.Corbin is found on page 90:
"The greatest need of P & F Corbin in 1902 was increased foundry facilities to provide castings for the enlarged factory Accordingly on September 9th the directors empowered the management to build an iron foundry 60 x 400 feet upon the Annex property on Stanley Street The work was pushed with all the speed possible and a large force of men is now employed in a commodious foundry equipped with the most modern devices.
On May 2 1903 the Corbin Screw Corporation was organized as a subsidiary company of the American Hardware Corporation to take charge of the manufacture of screws and screw products in the screw plants formerly belonging to P & F Corbin and the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company"
So we can take from this, that up to May 1903, hubs may have been labeled P.&F. Corbin on the brake arms and beginning in May 1903 or that general timeframe the hubs changed to being labeled Corbin Screw Corp. on the brake arms
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