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First and Last Ballooners?

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here's one of mine.dan lepro and bill triplett also have one.

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Thanks for the vintage Ads (and photos) Dave.
So, in 4-pages of posts, and just 2-ads, I see that:
1st. Montgomery Wards, in 1932, had balloon tires; super service tires; and, super service balloon tires.
2nd. Schwinn, in 1933, then had super balloon tires, (as opposed to the 1st original balloon tires).

The 1933 introductory Schwinn Ad describes their product well enough, but I see an odd compounding of words, in the "oldest and most outstanding" manufacturer. I thought the Pope-Westfield groups were older, but the ad did not explicitly state manufacturers of bicycles.
Today, we retrospectively drop the adjective "super" (and that has nothing to do about 1930's ideas from Germany).
 
Super-duper look at the 26 fat tire emergence...love the rims on the Hawthorne..."Plus" size......
 
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