G. A. Nissen - Revision history

Morgan at 19:33, 19 July 2023

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Morgan at 13:57, 10 July 2023

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	Last week's reminiscences, born out of scrap-book gazing, have apparently ignited the fires of memory for other oldsters, judging from the responses, so I am moved this week to continue for a bit. I wonder how many remember the athletic exhibition given at the Macdonough Theater by the members of the Acme Athletic Club on the night of December 9? Bicycling was in its heyday then, and D. Van Court was in charge of the show, the tour de force of which was a treadmill race between [[George A. Nissen\|G. A. Nissen]] and Pete LeFevre, a measured distance from Redwood Canyon to the Acme Club, a distance of two miles. Bicycles were for sale everywhere then. George A. Faulkner, whose shop was at ~~I2th~~ and Webster, was urging all, in an advertisement, to wait for "our '96 tandem Rambler - it will be a beauty." You could get a Syracuse bicycle at 107 San Pablo Avenue; a Cleveland or a Crescent from Leavitt and Bill at 1112 Broadway; a World from the agency at 74 San Pablo Avenue; a Tribune from the Central Cyclery at 426 14th Street; a Stearns, described as "the Yellow Fellow," from C. L. Maxwell & Sons at 481 14th Street; a Marsh '96 from Charles B. Shear at 480 10th Street; a Lu-mi-num, all machines tested to 2000 pounds, at 24 San Pablo Avenue; and a '96 Lovell Diamond from C. A. Salomonson at 399 12th Street. Mr. Salomonson admitted that it was a "world beater," but in the event you didn't care to ride, he urged you to see his "bargains in the line of watches and jewelry." That seemed fair enough, since the Saddle Rock was close by at 463 12th; and it was only a step further to the establishment of E. Hook, where you could buy, of all things, carpets. Bicycling was the rage, and the votaries included De Wolf and Edna Wallace Hopper, who were playing "Wang" at the time in the bay area.		Last week's reminiscences, born out of scrap-book gazing, have apparently ignited the fires of memory for other oldsters, judging from the responses, so I am moved this week to continue for a bit. I wonder how many remember the athletic exhibition given at the Macdonough Theater by the members of the Acme Athletic Club on the night of December 9? Bicycling was in its heyday then, and [[D. Van Court]] was in charge of the show, the tour de force of which was a treadmill race between [[George A. Nissen\|G. A. Nissen]] and [[Pete LeFevre]], a measured distance from [[Redwood Canyon]] to the Acme Club, a distance of two miles. Bicycles were for sale everywhere then. [[George A. Faulkner]], whose shop was at 12th and Webster, was urging all, in an advertisement, to wait for "our '96 tandem [[Rambler]] - it will be a beauty." You could get a [[Syracuse]] bicycle at 107 San Pablo Avenue; a [[Cleveland]] or a [[Crescent]] from [[Leavitt and Bill]] at 1112 Broadway; a [[World]] from the agency at 74 San Pablo Avenue; a [[Tribune]] from the Central Cyclery at 426 14th Street; a [[Stearns]], described as "the Yellow Fellow," from C. L. Maxwell & Sons at 481 14th Street; a [[Marsh]] '96 from Charles B. Shear at 480 10th Street; a [[Lu-mi-num]], all machines tested to 2000 pounds, at 24 San Pablo Avenue; and a '96 [[Lovell]] Diamond from C. A. Salomonson at 399 12th Street. Mr. Salomonson admitted that it was a "world beater," but in the event you didn't care to ride, he urged you to see his "bargains in the line of watches and jewelry." That seemed fair enough, since the Saddle Rock was close by at 463 12th; and it was only a step further to the establishment of E. Hook, where you could buy, of all things, carpets. Bicycling was the rage, and the votaries included De Wolf and Edna Wallace Hopper, who were playing "Wang" at the time in the bay area.
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Morgan at 22:45, 30 December 2022

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	[https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GC65-DP6 17 January 1875 – 9 February 1958]		[https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GC65-DP6 Gustave Adolph Nissen 17 January 1875 – 9 February 1958]

	Brother of [[E. F. Nissen]]		Brother of [[E. F. Nissen]]

Morgan: Morgan moved page George A. Nissen to G. A. Nissen over redirect: George was a nickname, real name Gustave

2022-12-30T22:32:40Z

Morgan moved page George A. Nissen to G. A. Nissen over redirect: George was a nickname, real name Gustave

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Morgan at 22:20, 30 December 2022

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Morgan at 15:35, 28 December 2022

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	[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87356287/george-a-nissen-challenges-richard-a/ Alameda Daily Argus, Alameda, California, 26 May 1897]		[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87356287/george-a-nissen-challenges-richard-a/ Alameda Daily Argus, Alameda, California, 26 May 1897]

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			Last Saturday George Nissen, the popular cycler, rode a half mile in 1.034-5 min., breaking the worlds record. He rode on Clement avenue, and Fred White had been his trainer.
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			[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115316570/last-saturday-george-nissen-the/ The Evening Times-Star and Alameda Daily Argus, 20 Nov 1914]

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Morgan at 16:20, 21 February 2022

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	[[THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call~~, Volume 78, Number 64~~, 3 August 1895]]		[[THE WHEELMEN. - San Jose Road Club's Five-Mile Road Race To-Morrow. - HE IS AN ENTHUSIAST. - Henry Martin Now Rides a Bike for Pleasure. - San Francisco Call, 3 August 1895]]

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Morgan at 04:31, 19 October 2021

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	[[File:GEORGE A. NISSEN The San Francisco Call Sat J.jpeg\|thumb\|center\|700px\|[[George A. Nissen\|GEORGE A. NISSEN]] OF THE [[Acme Wheelmen\|ACME CLUB WHEELMEN]].<br/>[[THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 20 Jul 1895]]]]		[[File:GEORGE A. NISSEN The San Francisco Call Sat J.jpeg\|thumb\|center\|700px\|[[George A. Nissen\|GEORGE A. NISSEN]] OF THE [[Acme Wheelmen\|ACME CLUB WHEELMEN]].<br/>[[THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 20 Jul 1895]]]]

	[[File:George A. Nissen The San Francisco Call Mon J.jpeg\|thumb\|center\|700px\|[[Casey M. Castleman\|CASEY M. CASTLEMAN]]. [[George A. Nissen\|GEORGE A. NISSEN]]. [[William A. Burke\|WILLIAM A. BURKE]]<br/>THE THREE SCRATCH MEN IN THE ACME ROAD RACE YESTERDAY, FRUITVALE TO HAYWARDS.<br/>[From a photograph.]<br/>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78474061/ten-mile-record-brokengeorge-a-nissen/ TEN MILE RECORD BROKEN - George A. Nissen Did It in the Acme Club Wheelmen's Road Race. - The San Francisco Call, 29 Jul 1895]]]		[[File:George A. Nissen The San Francisco Call Mon J.jpeg\|thumb\|center\|700px\|[[Casey M. Castleman\|CASEY M. CASTLEMAN]]. [[George A. Nissen\|GEORGE A. NISSEN]]. [[William A. Burke\|WILLIAM A. BURKE]]<br/>THE THREE SCRATCH MEN IN THE ACME ROAD RACE YESTERDAY, FRUITVALE TO HAYWARDS.<br/>[From a photograph.]<br/>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78474061/ten-mile-record-brokengeorge-a-nissen/ TEN MILE RECORD BROKEN - George A. Nissen Did It in the Acme Club Wheelmen's Road Race. - The San Francisco Call, 29 Jul 1895] ]]

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Morgan: Created page with "https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/search?q=Nissen === Clubs === * Acme Wheelmen * Bay City Wheelmen
G. A. Nissen, the Alameda boy..."

2021-10-19T04:29:25Z

Created page with "https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/search?q=Nissen === Clubs === * Acme Wheelmen * Bay City Wheelmen <blockquote> G. A. Nissen, the Alameda boy..."

New page

https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/search?q=Nissen

=== Clubs ===
* [[Acme Wheelmen]]
* [[Bay City Wheelmen]]

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[[George A. Nissen|G. A. Nissen]], the Alameda boy who made such a good showing in the recent bicycle races at Cycle Park is now looking for broader fields. He is preparing to go to the World's Fair, and will make the trip on his bicycle.
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[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78476016/g-a-nissen/ G. A. Nissen 14 Jun 1893, Wed Alameda Daily Argus (Alameda, California) Newspapers.com]

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[[File:GEORGE A. NISSEN The San Francisco Call Sat J.jpeg|thumb|center|700px|[[George A. Nissen|GEORGE A. NISSEN]] OF THE [[Acme Wheelmen|ACME CLUB WHEELMEN]].<br/>[[THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 20 Jul 1895]]]]

[[File:George A. Nissen The San Francisco Call Mon J.jpeg|thumb|center|700px|[[Casey M. Castleman|CASEY M. CASTLEMAN]]. [[George A. Nissen|GEORGE A. NISSEN]]. [[William A. Burke|WILLIAM A. BURKE]]<br/>THE THREE SCRATCH MEN IN THE ACME ROAD RACE YESTERDAY, FRUITVALE TO HAYWARDS.<br/>[From a photograph.]<br/>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78474061/ten-mile-record-brokengeorge-a-nissen/ TEN MILE RECORD BROKEN - George A. Nissen Did It in the Acme Club Wheelmen's Road Race. - The San Francisco Call, 29 Jul 1895]]]

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[[George A. Nissen]]'s wonderful performance of 25:45 in the ten-mile road race of the Acme Club Wheelmen last Sunday, stamps that young rider as a "speed merchant" of great ability. It is a question whether any one will be able to lower this record for a long time. To-morrow he will make an endeavor to establish a record between the Courthouse, Oakland, and San Jose, so low that no one will want to even try to beat it. The distance is exactly forty-four miles, and Nissen will make the start at 2 p. m. and will be paced by four tandems from the Diamond Cycling Club of Alameda, under whose colors it is stated he will ride hereafter. Nissen seems to be as much of a wanderer from one club to another as some of our other reputed crackerjacks, having belonged to the Alamedas, Bay Citys, Acmes and now the Diamonds. But his joining the latter club is excusable as he lives in Alameda and it is more convenient to him.
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[[THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, Volume 78, Number 64, 3 August 1895]]

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Nissen Not a Diamond.

[[George A. Nissen]] has been suspended from membership in the [[Diamond Cyclers]] of Alameda. The club's grievance against Nissen consists in the fact that he rode in the last road race under the colors of the [[Acme Wheelmen|Acme Club]] of Oakland, instead of tbe Alameda club. Nissen bas been a member of the Acmes for some time and was later on elected to membership in the Diamond Cyclers. He claims that he has never joined the Diamond Cyclers, but was merely elected an honorary member without having ever made application.
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[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87356512/nissen-not-a-diamond/ San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct 1895]

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NISSEN'S CHALLENGE.

Will Ride a Five Mile Race With R. A. Meserole.

There is likely to be a hot race between two popular local cyclers in June, as the following challenge, handed in by [[George A. Nissen]], will evince:

ALAMEDA, May 25, 1897. Being aware of the fact that Mr. [[Richard A. Meserole]], Captain of the [[Alameda Cyclers]], is anxious to obtain a match race with me, I hereby challenge him to ride me a five-mile race over the San Leandro and Haywards course, Sunday, June 6, 1897, at 2:30 P. M., for a purse of $50 or more. Now, then, Mr. Meserole, come along. I will ride a Racycle geared to 105, fitted with Palmer tires. Hoping you will accept this challenge I am yours,

GEORGE A. NISSEN
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[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87356287/george-a-nissen-challenges-richard-a/ Alameda Daily Argus, Alameda, California, 26 May 1897]

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WHEELMEN of the Acme Club began racing against San Francisco riders back in 1893, (part 2) when the 100-mile jaunt around the bay was a big sports event. The 1896 team, they tell me, included Joe Rose, Theodore Schleuter, Walter Decker, Eddie Smith, Jim Kenna, Jack Sampson, [[George A. Nissen|George Nissen]], Al Swain (who was team captain), M. A. Squired, Jack Howard and Pete Le Fevre.
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[[Acme Reunion, Six-Day Bicycle Racing - Oakland Tribune, 07 Jun 1935, Fri, Page 38]]

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The Days of '95

Last week's reminiscences, born out of scrap-book gazing, have apparently ignited the fires of memory for other oldsters, judging from the responses, so I am moved this week to continue for a bit. I wonder how many remember the athletic exhibition given at the Macdonough Theater by the members of the Acme Athletic Club on the night of December 9? Bicycling was in its heyday then, and D. Van Court was in charge of the show, the tour de force of which was a treadmill race between [[George A. Nissen|G. A. Nissen]] and Pete LeFevre, a measured distance from Redwood Canyon to the Acme Club, a distance of two miles. Bicycles were for sale everywhere then. George A. Faulkner, whose shop was at I2th and Webster, was urging all, in an advertisement, to wait for "our '96 tandem Rambler - it will be a beauty." You could get a Syracuse bicycle at 107 San Pablo Avenue; a Cleveland or a Crescent from Leavitt and Bill at 1112 Broadway; a World from the agency at 74 San Pablo Avenue; a Tribune from the Central Cyclery at 426 14th Street; a Stearns, described as "the Yellow Fellow," from C. L. Maxwell & Sons at 481 14th Street; a Marsh '96 from Charles B. Shear at 480 10th Street; a Lu-mi-num, all machines tested to 2000 pounds, at 24 San Pablo Avenue; and a '96 Lovell Diamond from C. A. Salomonson at 399 12th Street. Mr. Salomonson admitted that it was a "world beater," but in the event you didn't care to ride, he urged you to see his "bargains in the line of watches and jewelry." That seemed fair enough, since the Saddle Rock was close by at 463 12th; and it was only a step further to the establishment of E. Hook, where you could buy, of all things, carpets. Bicycling was the rage, and the votaries included De Wolf and Edna Wallace Hopper, who were playing "Wang" at the time in the bay area.
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[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19124089/the-days-of-95knaveacmebicycles/ The Days of '95 Knave Acme Bicycles 24 Dec 1939, Sun Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) Newspapers.com]

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