Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

synthetic

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

40,0 cm

Largeur

29,5 cm

Hauteur

S/O

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Transports terrestres non motorisés

Catégorie

Vélos et cyclisme

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Inconnu

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Période

Inconnu

Canada

Advertising for the Canada Cycle & Motor Co., the largest manufacturer and supplier of bicycles in Canada until the mid 1950's. The Canada Cycle and Motor Co. Ltd. was formed in 1899 through the amalgamation of the five largest bicycle manufacturers in Canada: Massey-Harris Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Toronto, H.A. Lozier and Co. of Toronto Junction, Gendron Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Toronto, Welland Vale Manufacturing Co. of St. Catherines and Goold Bicycle Co. Ltd. of Brantford. These companies had all started producing bicycles in Canada in response to the bicycle craze in the 1890's which had reached Canada by 1895. High tariffs on imported bicycles and parts encouraged manufacturers to enter the field and/or upgrade their factories. Goold and Gendron were producing bicycles before 1890, H.A. Lozier, Welland Vale and Massey-Harris by 1895. By the late 1890's, the demand for bicycles was beginning to weaken and the five largest Canadian producers, which together accounted for about 85% of the market, decided to bring order to the market by controlling the supply of cycles and in 1899 joined their cycle making operations together to form CCM. Their object was to reduce production and competition in order to maintain prices, as well as modernizing their plants and equipping a factory to produce automobiles. The collapse of the bicycle market in 1899 and questionable financial management led to a reorganization of the company in 1902. It survived until 1911 until bicycle sales stabilized and began to climb again. By 1914 business was much improved and a new facility was built in Weston, ON which opened in 1917. C.C.M. became the largest bicycle manufacturer in Canada and maintained that position until after WWII thanks to the post-war baby boom and modernization of its production until the 1960's. After that time outside factors such as economic instability, high interest rates and foreign competition as well internal problems such as poor labour relations, failure to modernize the plant and unsuccessful changes to the marketing policy led to the eventual bankruptcy of CCM in 1983 (Refs 1-2). In 1982 Procycle Group Inc. of St. Georges de Beauce, PQ, purchased the assets of C.C.M. and manufactured bicycles under that name. As of 2009, Procycle no longer owned the C.C.M. brand name.

Fonction

A synthetic plate inscribed with the name of a manufacturer and displayed in order to advertise the sale and/or service of that manufacturer's products at that location.

Technique

Inconnu

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

white lettering reading 'C.C.M.'

Manque

appears complete

Fini

blue with white lettering and border on each side

Décoration

white edging