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[zephyrblau]

@zephyrblau ... Believe that plate features actor .. comedian and
athlete --Joe E. Brown.

Had a choice plate like yours .. it's in Texas, now. I believe the plate/club
was associated with a parochial school in the mid-1930's ... state of Louisiana.
Got into a deep Ethernet search back in 2007 ... no dice, these days.

Have never seen one of Brown's films that I did not like.

..... patric


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interesting Patric! never would have associated the design with a specific person(ality) I was told the N.O. in the name stood for New Orleans. I presume the members name would be stamped or engraved in the panel as circled ?

 

[barneyguey]

A very generous Cabe member sold me this beauty. Thank you!
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I'm always looking for any cool bicycle badges that catch my eye.
Please PM me, email me at [email protected], call me at Home at 1-208-687-5319 or
Text / call my Cell at 1-509-230-0613. Thank you very much! Barry

I got the Chicago badge today. Here's a little better photo. Thanks Zach!

 

[barneyguey]

I think I love these silly badges more every day. LOL

 

[33 Shelby]

Doood ... always thought that li'l monogram at
the bottom of the KING B badge was for Hibbard,
Spencer and Bartlett Co.

Now I learn it was for Smith Brother's Hardware Co.

If you are sure about this ... I want to be sure about
this, also. Do you have any supportive literature or
illustrations ?

Below is my Shelby-Built KING B .... waaay too many
years ago .....

Thank you for posting your KING B badge.

..... patric

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Patric,I don’t have any proof or literature that it’s Smith Brothers Hardware company. I’m still doing research and coming up with nothing. They had been in Columbus, Ohio for almost 100 years and they did sell bicycles. That’s definitely one really nice KING B you’ve got there. What year is yours?

 

[hoofhearted]

Patric, ..... That’s definitely one really nice KING B you’ve got there. What year is yours?

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@33 Shelby


Thank you for your research on Smith Brothers Hardware Co. Perhaps
more information will surface to light of day in the future.

My KING B --- 1935 .. I believe. And - thank you !!

Bought it from part-time Bible-salesman, and full-time wooden-
propeller inspector -- Russ Hartzell of Piqua, Ohio ... back in 1987.
Russ dabbled in the sales of used bicycles at the time. My friend ..
the late Phil Scott, @shoe3 ... called Russ and persuaded him to
fone me about my possible inspection and purchase of that KING B.

Drove to Piqua ... met Russ .. saw the machine .. placed a one-
hundred dollar bill under the front cover of a very-old Bible sitting
atop his workbench. Russ told me that was ''too much'' for a bicycle
that old. I gave him an extra fifty bucks .. told him it was worth it,
to me. He called me anytime he found something ''antique-bicycle''
during his wanderings thru Western Ohio. I miss that old man, to this day.


The machine may look impressive in fotos .. but - truth be known -
the whole thing is actually in housepaint. The sodbuster that swung
the brush gave it his best shot ... but the final look is far from a
factory appearance, Oh -- it's close enough that when the bicycle
was paraded .. it was not difficult to hear a unified, ''Soma-Nah-Beech''
within the roar of the crowd. ..... WELL ... NOT REALLY..

..... patric

 

[33 Shelby]

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@33 Shelby


Thank you for your research on Smith Brothers Hardware Co. Perhaps
more information will surface to light of day in the future.

My KING B --- 1935 .. I believe. And - thank you !!

The machine may look impressive in fotos .. but - truth be known -
the whole thing is actually in housepaint. The sodbuster that swung
the brush gave it his best shot ... but the final look is far from a
factory appearance, Oh -- it's close enough that when the bicycle
was paraded .. it was not difficult to hear a unified, ''Soma-Nah-Beech''
within the roar of the crowd. ..... WELL ... NOT REALLY..

..... patric


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Patric , I really like your way with words, I only wish I was that gifted. I had saw a smith brothers catalogue I think 1951 year on line but that’s to new and only year I saw. I live about 1/2 hour from there building. I’m going to take both my SHELBY KING B bikes ( boy& girl) for a photo shoot sometime this spring

 

[hoofhearted]

Patric , I really like your way with words, I only wish I was that gifted. I had saw a smith brothers catalogue I think 1951 year on line but that’s to new and only year I saw. I live about 1/2 hour from there building. I’m going to take both my SHELBY KING B bikes ( boy& girl) for a photo shoot sometime this spring

Thank You @33 Shelby !!

Please - please consider posting those fotos within this badge thread.
To do otherwise may thin the intellectual and visual impact -- requiring
adventurers like you a me to gather decent information, as it randomly
presents itself.

Thanks, again - fellow Ohioan .....

..... patric

 

[33 Shelby]

Thank You @33 Shelby !!

Please - please consider posting those fotos within this badge thread.
To do otherwise may thin the intellectual and visual impact -- requiring
adventurers like you a me to gather decent information, as it randomly
presents itself.

Thanks, again - fellow Ohioan .....

..... patric

Patric I’ve been waiting all winter to do a photo shoot. I just wanted some warm weather. I’ve got my bikes hanging up in my barn in hibernation. I surely will post pictures and any more information as I get them. Well u know me being a newbie to old bikes it’s just overwhelming how much knowledge you guys have here on the CABE. And dang the way you are telling a story is SOOOOOO COOOOOL!

 

[hoofhearted]

Oh @33 Shelby .... it appears you've got it ALL !!

We patiently await any and all pictures and any
information that you see fit to post here.

Below is a Genuine Faux Antique Postcard forwarded to me by one
of our members ... Mark - hailing from boulevard-laden South Cali ...
he goes by @tripple3 .

Tripple3 .indicated this postcard was found in a Christmas Stocking
tacked to his fireplace mantle, one Christmas ... way back when.

And below that is a foto of tripple3 ... snapped when he was nearly
seven years old. The foto was taken by the team-photographer of
''The Little Debbie Fine Foods Tasting Division'' ... tripple3 was part
of a nationwide taste-testing survey.

Sadly ... tripple3 was eliminated when he suggested that one of the
products being surveyed needed more Cow Bell.

..... patric