Bicycle Manufacturers

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Here is a table that illustrates the many companies that were manufacturing bicycles in Chicago at the turn of the century. This table is a work-in-progress.

Manufacturer
Brands
Years
A. Featherstone & Company
Baron, Baroness
1895-1898
Adams & Westlake
Adlake
1895-1900
America Cycle Company
America
1896
American Bicycle Company
Crescent
1901
American Cycle Company
American Ideal, American Safety, Challenge, Clipper, Comet
1885-1898
Ames & Frost Company
Arabia, Arabian, Argentine
1898
Amos Manufacturing Company
Amos
1898
Apollo Cycle Company
Apollo
1895-1896
Arnold, Schwinn & Company
Chicago
1898
Arrow Cycle Manufacturing Company
Arrow
1896-1915
Ashland Cycle Company
Anderson Special, Ashland
1896-1898
Auburn Cycle Company
Auburn, Auburn Special
1895-1898
Bailey Manufacturing Company
Arab
1896
Becker & Becker
Clover Leaf
1898
Becker Brothers
Bur
1898
Beckley-Ralston Company
Ariel, Ariel Special, Colonial
1905
Bell Cycle Manufacturing Company
Bell
1898
Bostedo Company
Bostedo
1896
Burlington Cycle Company
Burlington
1896
C. P. Warner and Brothers
Chicago
1895-1898
Calumet Cycle Company
Calumet
1898
Carlisle Manufacturing Company
Carlisle
1897-1900
Century Cycle Company
Arrow
1892-1893
Century Cycle Manufacturing Company
Arrow
1894-1895
Charles Blankenheim
Blankenheim
1898
Charles E. Graham
Bliss
1898
Charles F. Stokes & Sons
Beverly
1898
Charles L. Legg
C. L.
1898
Chicago Wheel Company
Cannon Ball
1898
Chicago Wheel Works
Admiral
1896
Climax Cycle Manufacturing Company
Climax
1892-1898
D. Bradley Company
Adlake
E. P. Wolf
Centuria
1898
El Dorado Cycle Company
Arcadia, Coronado
1896
F. S. Waters Company
Aztec
1898
Famous Manufacturing Company
Champion
1895-1898
Garden City Cycle Works
Bach
1895-1896
Gladiator Cycle Works
Commodore
1897
Gleason & Schaff
Acorn
1896-1898
Gormully & Jeffrey (see American Cycle Company)
Great Western Manufacturing Co
Adlake
1898
H. Channon Company
Bullock
1896
Harry R. Moore
Atalanta
1898
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co
Abelard
1896
Hill Cycle Company
Bantam
1895
Horn Cycle Company
Bismarck
1896-1898
Hughes & Browne
Banner
1899
International Manufacturing Co
America
1895-1896
J. Lonn & Sons
Adlake
J. T. Walck
Competitor
1898
James Cycle Company
B&A
1893
Julius F. Witt
Bismarck
1898
Kastler Cycle Company
Chautaugua
1898
Lyman H. Arms
Arms
1898
March-Davis Cycle Manufacturing Co
Admiral
1896-1898
Mead Cycle Company
Amazon, Argonaut
1902

Myron C. Baker
Baker
1898
Oxford Merchandise Company
Argyle
1895
Spooner-Peterson Company
Aeolus
1892
St. Nicholas Manufacturing Co
Acme, Apollo, Centaur, Courier
1892-1895
Thorson & Cassady Company
Chicago
1895
W. A. Campbell & Co
Campbell Special
1898
W. S. Demorest Company
Atlas
1896
Western News Company
Arena
1897-1898
Western News Company
Champion
1897-1898
Western Wheel Works
Black Hawk, Cinch
1892-1893
Whipple & Becker
Apple Blossom
1895-1896
Whipple & Becker
Clover Leaf
1895-1897
Winnie Machine Works
410, Chicago Flyer
1898