RARE Orig BICYCLE Catalog - Humber Beeston Cycles 1891 High wheel Racing Chicago

Description: RARE Original Advertising Catalog Humber Beeston Cycles Humber Company Chicago, Illinois 1891 For offer, a very nice old Advertising ephemera - catalog! Fresh from an old prominent estate. Never offered on the market until now. Vintage, Old, Original - NOT a Reproduction - Guaranteed !! Great piece of history. Very nice graphics. 16 p. + covers. Catalogue of the Humber Cycle Importing Co. Racing, High wheel, ladies, etc. Horace Bell, manager. In good to very good condition. Front cover nearly detached but present. Lower rh corner chipped. Light stains / spots to interior inside edges on a few pages. As shown in photos. Please see photos and scans for all details and condition. If you collect 19th century Americana advertisement ad history, transportation, cycling, sports, American printing history, art, etc. this is a nice one for your paper or ephemera collection. Genealogy research importance as well. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins! 3425 Humber was an English brand of bicycles and tricycles. Thomas Humber made himself a velocipede in 1868. From that time he built a substantial business in manufacturing tricycles and bicycles while continuously improving their design and construction. His products were so well-made and well-designed they were known as "the aristocrat among bicycles". Though Thomas Humber retired from the cycle business in 1892 and went on to other things, his brand name remained a high-valued trademark for more than ninety years. History Thomas Humber (1841–1910)[1] founded a bicycle manufacturing business at Nottingham which moved about 1878 to Beeston, Nottinghamshire. By 1887, still under his day-to-day management, it was owned by a public listed company, Humber & Co Limited. Thomas Humber improved cycle technology through the independence of his thinking and his practical ability. The reliability of his products arose from his high standards and emphasis on quality. It all led to Humber becoming regarded as the aristocrat among bicycles.[1] Velocipede Thomas Humber, at that time by trade a Nottingham blacksmith, had built himself a velocipede based on a picture in a letter about the Paris-developed machine that was published in the English Mechanic magazine in late 1868. He sold it and made an improved version—bought by the same buyer. It took him 2 months to make each velocipede, he was concerned to develop improvements: solid rubber tyres, ball-bearings, while maintaining quality and reliability. He instituted races to win public interest.[1] Ordinary or "penny-farthing" Ordinary by Humber, Marriott & Cooper Humber Safety Bicycle The Science Museum Thomas's own design of "ordinary", now commonly known as a "penny-farthing", appeared in 1871 and not long after James Starley's metal ordinary. His first price-list contained a testimonial by Fred Cooper, a racing cyclist. Another racing contact was Thomas Marriott. Safety bicycle Thomas Humber developed and patented the safety bicycle (1884) with a diamond-shaped frame and wheels of similar size. Ownership Humber, Marriott and Cooper Thomas Marriott joined Thomas Humber as a business partner in 1875 and Fred Cooper joined them two years later. They named their new firm Humber, Marriott & Cooper. Their staff of 80 or so needed more factory space so they built them a new works at Beeston.[1] Thomas Humber and T.H.Lambert on a Humber Tandem Tricycle, circa 1885 Cooper and Marriott left the firm in 1885 but Thomas let them have equal rights to the name Humber. He also let them use the old partnership's patents. They set themselves up as cycle wholesalers and later got Rudge of Coventry to make the cycles for them.[1] Humber and Lambert Thomas Humber took in a new partner, Nottingham lace bleacher dyer and finisher, T Harrison Lambert, and they took charge of the whole Humber business and its Beeston works. Lambert was a cycle-racing friend building a reputation as a successful company promoter.[1] Humber & Company Limited, public listed company The cycle industry was consolidating and Humber and Lambert soon sold the business to speculators: William and Joseph Horton, Edward Alfred Hicks and Christopher Norris Baker, who added a number of other substantial cycle manufacturers[note 1] and then floated the new combine on the stock exchange.[2][3] Such was the public's recognition of Humber products and their high quality and reliability the whole new organisation was named Humber & Co Limited though Humber's was not the largest component. Production, deliveries and order book just before combination[3] Humber France Humber USA Manufacturer Production April 1887Production May 1887Deliveries April 1887Deliveries May 1887Unexec. orders April 1887Unexec. orders May 1887 Humber & Co Beeston 237 263 242 328 246 284 Coventry Cycle Co Ltd 453 416 435 409 593 535 Express Cycle Works 293 381 483 495 293 278 Wellington Works 120 120 218 254 151 192 Total 1,103 1,180 1,378 1,486 1,283 1,289 Thomas Humber agreed to manage the whole enterprise with its works in Coventry and Wolverhampton as well as Beeston.[1] Aged 51, Thomas Humber retired in 1892 at the end of his 5-year contract.[1] Humber and Company (America) Limited, Humber and Company (France) Limited, Humber and Company (Extension) Limited etc. A period of strong overseas expansion began in 1894[4] followed by an administrative sepa ration of manufacturing from wholesaling and retailing. An 1896 joint venture with major French cycle companies, Clement and Gladiator failed.[5] There was a cycling boom over 1895-97 —see the enthusiastic move into France— as pneumatic tyres attracted a new class of riders but it was followed by a slump over 1898-99. Humber Limited Following these financial difficulties in 1899 Humber & Co Limited's business was transferred to a new incorporation named Humber Limited.[6] Raleigh By 1914 Humber had become Britain's second largest motorcar manufacturer and cycles became less important. In February 1932 renewed financial difficulties in part due to the Great Depression and a brief surge in cycle sales saw Humber's cycle trademarks and patents sold to Raleigh. Humber continued as a premium brand made by Raleigh into the 1960s. Humber frame 1888 Frame Humber also manufactured, at one time, an unusual type of bicycle frame known variously as "cross frames", "girder frames", or "truss frames". Their variant was also duplex, consisting in part of smaller side-by-side tubes similar to the duplex fork pictured on this page.[7] Motorcycles 2¾ h.p. motorcycle 1904 In 1896 Humber produced the first practical motorcycle by fitting a bicycle with an E. J. Pennington two-horsepower motor.[8] A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A bicycle rider is called a cyclist, or bicyclist. Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century in Europe. By the early 21st century there were more than 1 billion bicycles.[1][2] There are many more bicycles than cars.[3][4][5] Bicycles are the principal means of transport in many regions. They also provide a popular form of recreation, and have been adapted for use as children's toys. Bicycles are used for fitness, military and police applications, courier services, bicycle racing, and artistic cycling. The basic shape and configuration of a typical upright or "safety" bicycle, has changed little since the first chain-driven model was developed around 1885.[6][7][8] However, many details have been improved, especially since the advent of modern materials and computer-aided design. These have allowed for a proliferation of specialized designs for many types of cycling. In the 21st century, electric bicycles have become popular. The bicycle's invention has had an enormous effect on society, both in terms of culture and of advancing modern industrial methods. Several components that played a key role in the development of the automobile were initially invented for use in the bicycle, including ball bearings, pneumatic tires, chain-driven sprockets, and tension-spoked wheels.[9]

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