1895 to 1900 Schwinn Bicycles

1895 Schwinn catalog detail

The first five years (and more) of Arnold, Schwinn & Company are documented in the out of print book “Fifty Years of Schwinn-Built Bicycles” which is copyrighted 1945 by Arnold, Schwinn & Company.

The images collected for these years on this site are primarily from that book. Do you know of any other sources for these years?
I do not have catalogs for these years, but if you do please contact me.

Here are some tidbits, photos, and illustration from the years 1895 to 1900.

1895

1895 was the year it all began. Ignaz Schwinn created Arnold, Schwinn & Company and started to make bikes.

World Racer

The world racer

World Roadster

World Roadster woman’s

Tandem

1896

Images and models from 1896:

Family Tandem

Ignaz Schwinn and his family on a 1896 “Family Tandem”. Look at the child seat!

Schwinn Quint

Schwinn Quint Racing Team

Schwinn racing team

1890s

These images were labeled “1890s” so I am not sure the exact year:

Schwinn catalog detail

Schwinn built triplet

Schwinn built Quad

Do you have any images, catalogs, or information about these years? If so I would love to display them here. Please contact me.
(please note this is a new site and I am constantly updating this info as I get new material)

Schwinn Bicycles by Year

1895 to 1900 | 1901 to 1929 | 1930 to 1939 | 1940 to 1949 | 1950 to 1959
1960 to 1969 | 1970 to 1979 | 1980 to 1989 | 1990 to 1999 | 2000 to 2010