Made in the USA! 1949 Montgomery Ward Hawthorne Ladies Bicycle 19'. Unique and beautiful vintage ladies bike. Hawthorne was the Name of the Bicycle Line sold at the Montgomery Wards. This is an Antique 1940s Cleveland Welding built Wards Hawthorne Ballooner Bicycle. Many aged bikes can easily be fixed to be helpful once more.

However some bike lovers like to collect and utilize Hawthorne Bicycle for its charm in design and the classic sensation of having a piece of past. New model bicycles are lighter and less complicated to manage when driving. Fortunately, a reprinted book containing catalog pages from the 30’s through the 60’s is available. Instead, we are forced to use the original published catalogs from Montgomery Ward to identify the year and model.Ĭommand And Conquer Generals Zero Hour Skirmish Maps Download. Dedicated collectors have compiled serial number lists that can help them approximate a build date, but no official or published list exists. This can also make identification of a Hawthorne bicycle difficult if it is missing it’s badge or other unique identifying components, such as the sprocket.Ĭollectible Elgin – JC Higgins – Hawthorne Book on eBay There are no publicly available serial number records to help us identify the build date of Hawthorne bicycles. Most parts are interchangeable, so restorations are a lot easier than if you were dealing with something exclusive. Many Hawthorne bicycles share a lot in common with other bicycles built by the two primary companies, Cleveland Welding, and H.P. These are very sought after by collectors today. The Hawthorne versions were dubbed the, and differed only slightly. In the 1930’s, Montgomery Ward commissioned the Monark Battery Company (later Monark Silver King) to build a line of aluminum bicycles based on Monark’s own line of aluminum bikes. They were so proud of this that they even used his name to advertise the bike. From 1940-1941, they sold the, a bike designed by famous industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague. One of t he most desirable of these is the 1936-1939. While Montgomery Ward did not actually manufacture the bicycles that they sold, they did commission some unique designs that were exclusive to their stores. Most Hawthorne bicycles were manufactured by the Cleveland Welding Company or H.P. Hawthorne was a brand of Montgomery Ward stores.

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