E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency

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E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency
Company typeBicycle Manufacturing
Industry Bicycle production
GenreBicycles
Founded1893;131 years ago (1893)
Founder Edward Carl Stearns
Defunct1899;125 years ago (1899)
FateMerged with the American Bicycle Company of Chicago
Headquarters,
Area served
United States
Key people
Herbert E. Maslin
ProductsYellow Fellow
Number of employees
2,000
Parent E. C. Stearns & Company

E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency was established in 1893 by industrialist Edward C. Stearns, who began business as a hardware manufacturer and branched out into bicycle production from 1893 through 1899. [1]

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E. C. Stearns & Company - Advertisement - April 1893 Stearns-bicycles 1893-0426.jpg
E. C. Stearns & Company - Advertisement - April 1893
E. C. Stearns & Company - Advertisement - April 1893 Stearns-bicycles 1893-0426 ad.jpg
E. C. Stearns & Company - Advertisement - April 1893
Buy a Bicycle, Buy a Stearns - Benjamin & Andrews, agents at 121 West Jefferson Street in Syracuse, New York 1895 Stearns-bicycles 1895-0830.jpg
Buy a Bicycle, Buy a Stearns - Benjamin & Andrews, agents at 121 West Jefferson Street in Syracuse, New York 1895
Stearns Bicycle - Syracuse Evening Herald - April 1895 Stearns-bicycle 1895-0427.jpg
Stearns Bicycle - Syracuse Evening Herald - April 1895
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - April 1895 Stearns-bicycles 1895-0418.jpg
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - April 1895
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - The Philistine, December 1896 Stearns-bicycles 1896.jpg
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - The Philistine, December 1896
Stearns Bicycle - White Flyer in either white or black - 1896 Stearns-cycle 1896.jpg
Stearns Bicycle - White Flyer in either white or black - 1896
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - New Zealand Evening Post, 1896 Stearns-bicycles 1896 austr.jpg
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - New Zealand Evening Post, 1896
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - For Ladies - 1897 Stearns 1897 womens.jpg
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - For Ladies - 1897
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement, Good Roads, June 1900 Stearns-bicycles 1900-06.jpg
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement, Good Roads, June 1900
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - 1900 Stearns-bicycles 1900 ad.jpg
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - 1900
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - Syracuse Post-Standard, June 5, 1901 Sterns-bicycle 1901-0605.jpg
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - Syracuse Post-Standard, June 5, 1901

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References

  1. "Bicycle Brands Home Page". The Wheelmen, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2011.