Re: Packard Bikes
Posted by Leeedy On 2023/3/7 9:33:50
And now to 1944 and Tyler, Texas. This is from the Tyler Courier-Times newspaper, November 12, 1944.
With World War 2 raging in Europe and the Pacific, automobiles out of production since early 1942, and gasoline rationed, bicycles were very precious for transportation!
Thieves in Tyler, Texas were busy grabbing those precious bicycles! But it seemed those stealing bikes had a particular attraction to (you guessed it) Packard bicycles.
As incredible as it may seem, here are at least three Packard bicycles all stolen around the same time!
From the files of National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA.com) and Leon Dixon.
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With World War 2 raging in Europe and the Pacific, automobiles out of production since early 1942, and gasoline rationed, bicycles were very precious for transportation!
Thieves in Tyler, Texas were busy grabbing those precious bicycles! But it seemed those stealing bikes had a particular attraction to (you guessed it) Packard bicycles.
As incredible as it may seem, here are at least three Packard bicycles all stolen around the same time!
From the files of National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA.com) and Leon Dixon.
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