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Description: Contains business correspondence primarily related to advertising with and participation in trade organizations such as the Bicycle Bell Association and the National Association of Bicycle Jobbers and business correspondence from companies outside the United States including companies in Australia, Europe, Great Britain, South America, Canada, Mexico, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Japan.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1892-1919.
Call number: priJLC_TRAN_Hill
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Jay T. Last Collection of Transportation: N.N. Hill Brass Company Business Correspondence

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The N. N. Hill Brass Company Business Correspondence, a subset within the Jay T. Last Collection of Transportation, contains approximately 770 pieces of incoming correspondence, and some related documents, written to the N.N. Hill Brass Company of East Hampton, Connecticut, from the early 1890s through the 1910s that focus on the company's manufacture, advertisement, and sale of bicycle bells, and their involvement with the bicycle industry and related trade associations and bicycle clubs. The letters were received primarily from bicycle manufacturers and sellers and concern the purchase of bicycle bells including issues related to orders; shipments; invoice and payment matters; and requests for price quotes, catalogs and price lists. The collection also includes correspondence related to advertising, requests for donations of prizes by bicycle clubs, correspondence from trade associations, and bicycle shows related to exhibits and exhibit programs. The materials include both handwritten and typed correspondence primarily on company stationery from a variety of companies across the United States and in other countries. Some of the letterhead has engraved or lithographed images of bicycles or commercial or industrial scenes.

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Bicycle Manufacturers M-Z, by company

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Contains business correspondence primarily with bicycle manufacturers and some advertisers.

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Bicycle Manufacturers A-L, by company

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Contains business correspondence primarily with bicycle manufactures, as well as a printed 1916 N. N. Hill Brass Company price list.

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Bicycle Retailers, O-Z by company

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Contains correspondence primarily with retail bicycle sellers.

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Bicycle Retailers, A-G by company

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Contains correspondence primarily with retail bicycle sellers.

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Bicycle Retailers, H-N by company

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Contains correspondence primarily with retail bicycle sellers.

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Jay T. Last Collection of Transportation: N.N. Hill Brass Company Business Correspondence

Bicycle Manufacturers M-Z, by company

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