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• John T. Bill
  ...]] continued to run the [[John T. Bill & Co.]] a motorcycle and automobile business.
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• John T. Bill & Co.
  ...o.]] dealt in bicycles, motorcycles automobiles, but return to the bicycle business. [[Category:bicycle shops]]
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• E. Ross Lozier
  [[Category:bicycle business]]
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• J. W. Leavitt & Co.
  ...s origin partner [[John T. Bill]], with whom he ran the [[Leavitt & Bill]] bicycle, motorcycle and automobile enterprise, which began in [[San Francisco]] in ...butors of motor cars in the world, has been identifled with the automobile business ever since machines were sold on the Pacific Coast.
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• WHEN SAN JOSE’S BUSINESSMEN WERE CYCLISTS - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 71, 11 March 1908
  ...ketches, Accompanied by Photographs Resurrected From Musty Garret of Local Business House, Presented This Morning. ==== ...its first appearance on the Pacific Coast. Nevertheless, he contracted the bicycle fever, and his family purchased for him a tiny "ordinary" wheel, which was
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• WHEN SAN JOSE’S BUSINESSMEN WERE CYCLISTS - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 72, 12 March 1908
  ...ketches, Accompanied by Photographs Resurrected From Musty Garret of Local Business House, Presented This Morning. ==== ...sor, [[Al Barker]], in the days of the "[[cheesecutter]]," as the style of bicycle illustrated here was termed about 1890.
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• Syracuse Cycle Company
  The [[Syracuse Cycle Company]] also began business in 1892 on Wyoming Street and manufactured a brand called Syracuse Bicycles ...ic-syracuse-the-hub-of-the-bicycle-world/ Iconic Syracuse - the hub of the bicycle world]
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• SAN JOSE’S PIONEERS OF THE BICYCLE - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 78, 18 March 1908
  === SAN JOSE'S PIONEERS OF THE BICYCLE === ...ries of Sketches, Accompanied by Photographs Found in Garrets and Homes of Business Men Who Were Devoted Followers of Sport in Early Days of the “Silent Stee
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• The Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Examiner, 04 Feb 1884
  A bicycle tournament will be inaugurated to-night at the [[old Pavilion at Sacramento Since the [[San Francisco Bicycle Club]] undertook to erect a wheel and club house, the Citizens' Club of New
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• Leavitt & Bill
  ...n Francisco to Oakland]]. They eventually added other [[:Category:Bicycles|bicycle brands]], and expanded to locations in [[Oakland]] and [[Los Angeles]]. ...transition from bicycle culture to automobile culture was a very easy one; bicycle people created the automobile, in many cases, and the initial goals of spee
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• SAN JOSE'S PIONEERS OF THE BICYCLE - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 75, 15 March 1908
  === [[SAN JOSE]]'S PIONEERS OF THE BICYCLE === ...es of San Joseans Who Were Devoted Followers of Sport in Early Days of the Bicycle. ====
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• San Jose Merchants as Cyclists - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 68, 8 March 1908
  ...with the young men and the old men alike in the first eight years that the bicycle made its appearance in San Jose. These photographs were covered with the ac ...ust 8 and organized what they styled the [[Garden City Cycling Club]]. The bicycle in those days was a crude affair and the seven members of the new organizat
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• Louis Paul Desimone
  ...e club will be held on November 27. First prize, gold medal; second prize, bicycle shoes: time, silver medal. The club will also have a number of men on the t
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• San Jose Merchants as Cyclists - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 70, 10 March 1908
  .... This "safety," which represents the third step in the development of the bicycle, was equipped with solid rubber tires and weighed fifty pounds. ...called a safety. Yes, I can go just as fast with it as I can on the [[high bicycle]]," etc.
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• R. C. Woodworth
  [[The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 11 Apr 1887]] .... It numbers among its members some of the most prosperous and influential business men of the city. Wheeling is decidedly popular in the city of the Angels. G
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• Pilot Wheelmen
  ...with a white sweater with the emblem on it of a Pilot wheel, encircling a bicycle wheel with the letter P in the center." ...ers of the Pilot hose Company. The first run will be made next Sunday. The bicycle craze reached Santa Cruz a month ago and the streets are full of wheels. An
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• John W. Leavitt
  ...o a chain of shops, and went on to become a major automobile business. His business sponsored the [[Leavitt & Bill trophy]] that was awarded to the winning tea ...], [[C. F. Martwell]], [[W. B. Morill]] and [[M. C. Baker]]. The following bicycle companies were also represented: [[White Sewing Machine Company]], [[Pacifi
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• THE WHEEL. - Picnic Run of the Bay Citys - Oakland's Lady Riders - Oakland's Lady Riders - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1890
  ...e attendance, both of members and visitors from other clubs. The [[Oakland Bicycle Club|Oakland club]] will have a majority of its riders present, and at leas The week has been a charming one as far as bicycle racing is concerned and the roads both in this city and the interior are no
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• San Francisco Bicycle Track Association
  ...and spoke for his club, The S. F. B. T. A. meets again February 13th. The bicycle track will be ready to train on by Friday. ...Cycling Club and the Bay City Wheelmen met and organized the San Francisco Bicycle Track Association. The officers elected were: President, [[Frank Henry Kerr
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• First street track
  ...e to [[San Jose]], and if they are assured a good track one of the largest bicycle crowds ever seen in California will be assembled here. ...can be estimated in figures. Consequently it is to their advantage for the business men of San Jose to help the boys out on their track in a financial way.
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