Vintage Bicycles (1940's - 1960's) Displayed at Cebu Museum

During my niece and I's visit to the antiquated Cebu provincial jail now turned museum (Museo Sugbu) we were led to the inconspicuous portion of the jailhouse that housed the vintage bicycle collections. That room used to be one of the jail rooms inside the prison. We were almost going home that time until my niece, upon careful exploration of the rest of the areas of the jailhouse, discovered one last room that housed the said bicycle displays. Being a bike lover myself, you can imagine how ecstatic I was to find the museum exhibits when we opened that one last room door. I was quick to pull out my cellphone to take the shots:

Quick Pose with the array of vintage 1940's to 1960's era bicycle collection.

This 1940's BF Goodrich Straight Bar (Schwinn-built series) was manufactured by Arnold, Schwinn & co. for BF Goodrich. Special identifying features are the Blade fork, Delta rocket light, "sweet heart" chain ring, tapering trust rods, longhorn handle bar, tank and chain guard's embossed details, front fender is Ducktail, built-in side stand as reflected in exhibit label.

Exhibit label reads: 1960's Colson Sonic Scout (ladies' size 20); Manufactured by Evans-Colson which manufacturing plant was either in Plymouth, Michigan; Coos Bay and Rosenburg, Oregon; and Vancouver, Brtish Columbia. Sepcial Identifying features are Single Speed, Tear drop cut out chain ring design, original paint, rare frame designed by Harley Earl; owned and donated by Renir John Aligno

Exhibit label reads: 1949 Columbia Five Star Superb manufactured by Columbia Manufacturing Co. in Westfield Massachusetts; Special Identifying Features are Delta Headlight, "ther-o-matic" frame, single springer fork, spined fender, angled horn tank hence the so-called "coffin tank" type, built-in side-stand; owned and donated by Noe Noel

Exhibit label reads: Columbia Westfield 1940's manufactured by Westfield Mfg.Co. in Westfield, Massachusetts; Special Identifying Features are Delta headlight, crowned fork, spined fenders, ornate horn tank accentuated rear-end carrier, buitl-in stand; Owned and donated by Andrew Ford Guardo

Exhibit Label reads: 1940's Firestone Cruiser manufactured by Huffman Manufacturing Company in Dayton 1, Ohio; Special Identifying Features are streamlined luggage carrier, airflow tank with lateral line, crescent fenders (full length). This model was recently replaced with "Gliding Ride Spring Fork". Owned and donated by Eleazar Ledamo

Exhibit label reads: 1950's JC Higgins Colorflow manufactured in Sears, Roebuck and Company in Ohio; Special Identifying Features are bee-hive springer fork, skirtguard (missing), Batwing headlight(missing), Jeweled horn tank (missing). It was owned and donated by Jonnel Delima

Exhibit label reads: 1940's Monark Super Deluxe (Ladies' bicycle) manufactured by Monark Silver King Inc. in Chicago USA; Special Identifying features are Metal Rocket Ornament on front fender, Pedestal headlight, Teardrop Chain ring cut out, Chrome rear-carrier trim, Chrome rear-reflector casing, bull bagde, Springer fork, halfmoon handle bar. It was owned and donated by Nina Guardo

It felt so good having the chance to view these antique bicycles from Cebu's American Occupational Era. I wonder how envious the underprivileged would have been seeing these beautiful and classy bicycles being driven by the elite few. So much for that, I will be posting more vintage bicycle museum exhibits in my next post. Credits to the Vintage Bicycle Club of Cebu.