Sunday's Show and Tell...4/13/25

[Carltonator]

Obtained a rare photo of John Clements, Sr. (1889-1962), who invented the 1936 Dayton and Airflyte Safety-Streamline bicycles for Huffman, during the creative late Art Deco period.

He lived in Richmond, Indiana, and designed school bus bodies for Wayne Works. His sister-in-law was Mary (Reynolds) Huffman. She was the wife of Horace Huffman, Sr. (1885-1945), president of the Dayton-based bike company.

"Uncle John" Clements also brought his mass-production expertise to Huffman Manufacturing.

(Morrisson-Reeves Library pic, Richmond, Ind.)

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Luv it...has to be very rare piece of dayton/Huffman history...congrats to a fellow history buff..

 

[Carltonator]

I got this
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Wow ceylon...huge tea producer....luv it...congrats...

 

[Carltonator]

A bit quieter this week. I got a decent toy Bandai Japan 1959 Cadillac ( I can't get enough of these/downsized then bought more) in the OG box. It's close to mint, the rear window is shrunk ( pretty common) and the box was missing a piece so I stuck one in there and did some amatuer art to blend in! Ha! I did get out for a ride on my Honda 1964 C-100 Cub ( had to sit on a towel and piece of carpet as I'm getting new foam in the OG seat by a pal who has LOTS of experience doing motorcycle seats), my 1958 Triumph Trophy, and my 1958 Pontiac Bonneville. Bicycles come out next, still pretty cold, tons of gravel and sand and potholes around, hadn't driven the 650 or the Cub at all ever ( got in Winter) and only about 10 miles of Fall driving in the Poncho.

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58' Bonneville my favorite of all those...

 

[Carltonator]

Not bike but special to me...best rowing trophy I've seen Both sides are so ornate It may be hard to decide which side to display...looking into a motorized rotating stand...should be here tomorrow...In trophy world there's two kinds...stock silver plate ones you ordered from a catalog and engraved...then there is what's referred to as "presentation silver" which this is...sterling silver made by Whiting Manufacturing Company....one off special cast...I can't find positive proof yet but I believe this was designed by Whiting's chief designer Charles Osborne 1871-1920...who also designed for Tiffany's...sorry for poor photos but it's all I have till it arrives...needs polishing...much research to do on the who what whys...One thing I've noticed in the news clippings so far...is in the late 19th century those Boston rowing clubs loved to party....seems they were always having "Balls" and "Smokers" and seemingly any reason to throw a get together....among themselves and inviting their rivals...There was a slew of Boston rowing clubs...and it seems they loved challenging NYC clubs on the Harlem River to races. This trophy awarded to the Bradford Rowing Club of Boston (not to be mistaken for the English club of the same name)...appears to have been an offshoot of Boston's Riverside Rowing Club....which began as workers of the Riverside Press...Both Bradford and Riverside were amateur clubs. The names of the members are almost all Irish...and I get the feeling it they were basically blue collar Irishman clubs...perhaps ready and anxious to take on Harvard rich kids...Like I say much research to do...

 

[Junkman Bob]

Some more vinyl .. lmk if your interested as I have some doubles