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- 1928 Cleveland Motorcycle, on Exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, February 1996 - The Cleveland Motorcycle Company, founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, built lightweight one-cylinder bikes for its first decade. As competing motorcycles grew larger, Cleveland introduced a four-cylinder engine in 1925. This 1928 Model 4-61 also featured a front-wheel brake -- an industry first for Cleveland. The company produced one more model year before closing after the stock market crash of 1929.
- February 28, 1996
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1928 Cleveland Motorcycle, on Exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, February 1996
The Cleveland Motorcycle Company, founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, built lightweight one-cylinder bikes for its first decade. As competing motorcycles grew larger, Cleveland introduced a four-cylinder engine in 1925. This 1928 Model 4-61 also featured a front-wheel brake -- an industry first for Cleveland. The company produced one more model year before closing after the stock market crash of 1929.
- 1920 Excelsior Motorcycle Formerly Owned by Charles Lindbergh, on Exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, 1971 - Future aviator Charles Lindbergh purchased this Excelsior motorcycle from a hardware store in his hometown of Little Falls, Minnesota, in 1920. He used it while attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and he rode it on trips to Kentucky, Florida, and Nebraska as well. Lindbergh gifted his Excelsior to The Henry Ford in 1943.
- January 1971-February 1971
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1920 Excelsior Motorcycle Formerly Owned by Charles Lindbergh, on Exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, 1971
Future aviator Charles Lindbergh purchased this Excelsior motorcycle from a hardware store in his hometown of Little Falls, Minnesota, in 1920. He used it while attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and he rode it on trips to Kentucky, Florida, and Nebraska as well. Lindbergh gifted his Excelsior to The Henry Ford in 1943.
- Edison Institute Students Work near a Plow Exhibit at Henry Ford Museum, 1945-1947 -
- 1945-1947
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Edison Institute Students Work near a Plow Exhibit at Henry Ford Museum, 1945-1947