1898 Cleveland Model 47 Men’s Bicycle (American)

1898 Cleveland Model 47 Men’s Bicycle (American)

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H.A. Lozier & Co

Cleveland, Ohio

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H.A. Lozier & Co was founded in Plattsburgh, New York, by Henry Abram Lozier. He got into the bicycle business at just the right time, during its initial boom years and, like so many other American cycle businesses, sold out to Pope Manufacturing, receiving the sum of $4 million dollars.

He re-invested his money in the new business of motor engines and, by 1901 produced marine engines and steam launches (as the Lozier Motor Company at Plattsburgh, New York). The company’s first cars were introduced later that year as prototypes and, in1905, Lozier & Co exhibited their first vehicle at the New York Auto Show. The four-cylinder vehicle sold for $4,500, a sizeable sum in the early 1900s. A six-cylinder car was introduced in 1908. By 1913, six-cylinder engine, offered in two different sizes, were the only units powering Lozier vehicles.

CCM (the Canadian Cycle & Motor Company)

Massey-Harris had been Canada’s leading agricultural machinery manufacturer, and (like so many manufacturers of the time) decided to branch out into bicycle production. By the late 1890s they became the country’s largest cycle manufacturer.

Having opened a branch of his bicycle business in Toronto in 1895, H.A Lozier had the second biggest bicycle operation in Canada. Both companies (with three others) merged to form the Canadian Cycle & Motor Company (CCM) in 1899. CCM survived the recessive economic climate despite strong competition from the USA, and exported bicycles to Australia and South Africa.

The Golden Years of Artistic Bicycle Posters

Bicycle posters became an art-form in the late 19th century. American cycle companies opened branches in Paris, and many of their posters were French-designed. The artist Jules Cheret (1836 – 1932) produced two bicycle posters, one of which was the Cleveland Cycles poster, below, in 1901, featuring a ‘Cherette’ girl.

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