Kenyon Bicycle Manufacturing Company, 1892

ID: 409 ~ Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=9bg5AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA7&lpg=RA1-PA7&dq=bicycle+kenyon+manufacturing+company+des+moines+iowa&source=bl&ots=Yk7N6oMjME&sig=ACfU3U107YXadzM8-w3EargpdlgVvysM-Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjszqbSydL1AhWlj4kEHYj4Dmc4FBDoAXoECBQQAw#v=onepage&q=bicycle%20kenyon%20manufacturing%20company%20des%20moines%20iowa&f=false ~ Date: 1/22/1892
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Kenyon Bicycle Manufacturing Company, 1892

A brief account of the Kenyon Bicycle Works factory from a trade magazine published in Chicago in 1892. The bicycle they describe was sold for $145 at the time.

This file appears in: Early Des Moines Bicycle History

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