Posted by Drew Hause on September 15, 2018, 12:42 pm Edited by board administrator September 15, 2018, 2:27 pm
Not "L.C. Smith related", but poor Harvey apparently had to market bikes along with guns
Hunter Wheels
Dec. 21, 1895 Sporting Life http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1895/VOL_26_NO_13/SL2613012.pdf http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1895/VOL_26_NO_13/SL2613013.pdf Among the interested spectators was Thomas Hunter, manager of the Hunter Arms Company, of Fulton, N. Y., manufacturers of the celebrated L. C. Smith gun. Mr. Hunter was satisfied with the fine array of Smith guns on the grounds, and found that he was in a crowd of Smith gun cranks. Mr. Hunter was explaining some of the good points of the new Hunter bicycle, which that company are now making, and the words that caught the boys most forcibly were: “Hunter wheels are made like the Smith guns.”
No idea as to the source of the steel, but I suspect domestic. Crown steel barrels were offered on doubles with the first run of Pigeon Guns in 1893, No. A1 (SN 1130) in 1894, and the No. 3 about 1895.
“Crown”, however, was the brand name of the Crown and Cumberland Steel Co., Allegany County, Maryland which was established in 1872. Related to the Panic of 1893, Crown and Cumberland Steel was sold at a trustee sale in 1894, and then reorganized as Cumberland Steel and Tinplate Co. In 1900, the company became part of Crucible Steel.
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Re: Hunter Wheels
Posted by David Williamson on September 15, 2018, 3:32 pm, in reply to "Hunter Wheels"
There is a Hunter bicycle hanging in the Pratt House Museum, in the Hunter Arms Room. I will try and get Les Weldin or Alec to take a picture of it.
Re: Hunter Wheels
Posted by Jim Cantwell on September 15, 2018, 9:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Hunter Wheels"
David. Please see my email. I need to talk to you. Jim..
Re: Hunter Wheels
Posted by Mike Harris on September 17, 2018, 3:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Hunter Wheels"
I have been looking for years for an original Hunter bike but the only one I have ever seen was at the PRATT MUSEUM. Maybe one of these days They are rare!1
Re: Hunter Wheels
Posted by Dick Miller on September 17, 2018, 8:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Hunter Wheels"
Mike, Contact the "pickers" ! Looks like that tornado was a close call for you!
Re: Hunter Wheels
Posted by Mike Harris on September 17, 2018, 8:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Hunter Wheels"
Dick, They were popping up all around us. A little scared. I have never seen such strange weather as we had today but we dodged the bullet again today.