Morgan Fletcher :vbike: on Nostr: Thomas H. B. Varney had #bicycle shops in #SanFrancisco, #Oakland and #LosAngeles ...

Thomas H. B. Varney had #bicycle shops in #SanFrancisco, #Oakland and #LosAngeles during the 1890s bike boom. Here's a bit of ephemera from the Oakland shop on Twelfth Street, 1892. Since I'm a nut, you can follow the links in the wiki to learn more about the people. Trivia; Varney, and local bicycle racer Walter B. Foster started an outdoor advertising business that is now known as #clearchannel.

Letter to C. H. Lampson signed by George A. Faulkner, from the shop, "Thomas H. B. Varney's Cyclery" he kept with Thomas H. B. Varney at 354 Twelfth street, Oakland, CA. They sold Warwick and Rambler bicycles.



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