E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency

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]

E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency
Company typeBicycle Manufacturing
IndustryBicycle production
GenreBicycles
Founded1893; 131 years ago (1893)
FounderEdward 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
ParentE. C. Stearns & Company

All Stearns bicycles were called "Yellow Fellows" because of their yellow-orange color.[2] They were manufactured at Stearns' plants in Syracuse, NY.

Advertisements

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E. C. Stearns & Company - Advertisement - April 1893
 
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 Bicycle - Syracuse Evening Herald - April 1895
 
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - April 1895
 
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - The Philistine, December 1896
 
Stearns Bicycle - White Flyer in either white or black - 1896
 
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - New Zealand Evening Post, 1896
 
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - For Ladies - 1897
 
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement, Good Roads, June 1900
 
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - 1900
 
Stearns Bicycle - Advertisement - Syracuse Post-Standard, June 5, 1901

References

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  1. ^ "Bicycle Brands Home Page". The Wheelmen, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  2. ^ https://www.cnyhistory.org/2015/07/yellow-fellow/
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