Tandem Devoted Thread! Original Photos, your bikes, literature, anything!

[DaytonandElgin]

This 1896 Columbia Model 43 tandem was purchased by Goldwin (1871-1962) and Gertrude (Johnson) Goldsmith (1872-1952) in Washington, D.C.

They paid $150, the same as $5,606 today. The Goldsmiths rode the Columbia during their honeymoon tour of Europe. (National Museum of American History, and FindaGrave.com.)

 

[juvela]

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LEJEUNE, ca. 1978 -

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[noverguy]

Cleveland Lozier Model 32. I don't know much about it. Presumably pre 1900. Appears that someone put some time and effort into it to get it rideable again, maybe in the 1950s or 1960's? Its quite clean, its straight and true and has no rust. At some point the primary crank was broken and welded. The search for info and / or parts continues.

 

[Blue Streak]

December 19, 1895 issue of The Bearings:

 

[Blue Streak]

Cleveland Lozier Model 32. I don't know much about it. Presumably pre 1900. Appears that someone put some time and effort into it to get it rideable again, maybe in the 1950s or 1960's? Its quite clean, its straight and true and has no rust. At some point the primary crank was broken and welded. The search for info and / or parts continues.
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The 1898 Cleveland catalog lists Models 33 and 34 as road tandems and Model 32 as a track tandem. There is no image of the track tandem.

 

[noverguy]

The 1898 Cleveland catalog lists Models 33 and 34 as road tandems and Model 32 as a track tandem. There is no image of the track tandem.

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THANK YOU so much BLUE STREAK - this is the first info I have seen on that old Model 32. So great of you to post here. Great to have the specifications and the list of parts that belong on that 32. Thanks for posting! Now I have more homework to do...

 

[DaytonandElgin]

Harry Monroe Baugh (1884-1947), who lived in Garden City, Kansas, 60 miles west-northwest of Dodge City, bought this American Bicycle Co. tandem, as a used machine in 1906.

It was handed down to Herman Joseph Sartorius (1874-1945), a Kansas sugar beet factory foreman, and then to his daughter, Maria (Sartorius) Craig (1919-2009).

(Kansas Historical Society, and FindaGrave.com.)

 

[juvela]

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[cr250mark]

1900’s National Cycle Manufacturer Model 20
Tandem project
Og Blue paint
Filigree still present all over this frame
National script 0n both sides of lower tube
Model 20 decal on 2nd

 

[New Mexico Brant]

1900’s National Cycle Manufacturer Model 20
Tandem project
Og Blue paint
Filigree still present all over this frame
National script 0n both sides of lower tube
Model 20 decal on 2nd

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I love it Mark! It deserves it's own post in Pre-1933!