Help with this American Bicycle company bike

[M & M cycle]

Hi, we picked this guy up today from the original owners Son ... American Bicycle Company.. no head badge.... haven’t had a chance to research it yet, does anyone know the year? What the head badge would look like? Is the crank original? any info would be appreciated.. thanks M & M

 

[hoofhearted]

Circa 1900 - 1901 ... google American Bicycle Company ...
all the brands listed represent those companies bought
by Col. Pope.

If the chainring does not have a crank drive pin hole ...
there is every probability the machine is a Pope-Built.

You can pretty-much select a badge-name from the
list of ABC-Manufactured bicycles ... from the 1900-1901 period, of course.

..... patric

 

[fordsnake]

Your bike was mfg around the early 1900's. The American Bicycle Company had several brand names under its umbrella.

The chainring looks like a Featherstone

 

[fordsnake]

Good luck.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Crawford is on both the decal and the ABC list. Westfield must have re-purposed chain rings. The 3-hole looks same as on my 1927 St. Louis MO bike.

 

[M & M cycle]

Thank you for all the input!! You guys rock!! Lots of info We can use to research further, We appreciate the info and the effort it takes to find and share it, thanks again M & M

Crawford is on both the decal and the ABC list. Westfield must have re-purposed chain rings. The 3-hole looks same as on my 1927 St. Louis MO bike.

hi, you are correct it does say Crawford on the decal ...

 

[Archie Sturmer]

The fine print - “successors to”.

 

[M & M cycle]

Searching Crawford bicycle I Found this in the cabe archives, similar crank as well

 

[locomotion]

What is the distance between the badge holes?

 

[M & M cycle]

What is the distance between the badge holes?

Hi , the holes are 2 inches apart .. I wonder if anybody would have a Headbadge to buy ?