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I just got this 51 catalogue i
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Anyone have a 1900 or 01 CCM Brantford catalogue ?
Reported to be originally published in "The Canadian Magazine" in 1905
I would love to see a full SCP catalogue from anytime in the 1930s through the 1950s. I don't know when they opened for business, but have read that a family member of a factory worker recalls the factory closed in 1961. I would love to see it posted here but am willing to purchase the catalogue as well.
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I saved these images from the auction. Of interest is the factory picture which is different than others than i have seen. They usually have either more or fewer buildings. It may be useful as a good reference point for undated brochures and such.
Greetings,
I obtained these images from the original catalogue at the Toronto Reference Library rare book collection. This is an important catalogue because at this time CCM has had a few years to consolidate its product line from the different lines of the five companies that merged in 1899. We can see the bikes, like the cushion frame for example, that CCM hoped would rekindle demand for new bicycle purchases after the big market collapse of 1899.
I was very excited to find these pages online. It is by far the earliest CCM catalogue I have ever seen. On one page, the word Europe appears, which leads me to believe this catalogue was intended for France and not Quebec. I was very pleased to finally get an answer to a long-standing question I've had about fenders - specifically when the short front fenders were available (which stop at the fork crown). We now know they were available from CCM from the beginning. Also of interest is the Morrow brake, the one with the asymetrical hub flanges.
