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E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency

Company type	Bicycle Manufacturing
Industry	Bicycle production
Genre	Bicycles
Founded	1893; 131 years ago (1893)
Founder	Edward Carl Stearns
Defunct	1899; 125 years ago (1899)
Fate	Merged with the American Bicycle Company of Chicago
Headquarters	Syracuse, New York, United States
Area served	United States
Key people	Herbert E. Maslin
Products	Yellow Fellow
Number of employees	2,000
Parent	E. C. Stearns & Company

E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency was established in 1893 by industrialist Edward C. Stearns, who began business as a hardware manufacturer and branched out into bicycle production from 1893 through 1899.

All Stearns bicycles were called "Yellow Fellows" because of their yellow-orange color. They were manufactured at Stearns' plants in Syracuse, NY.

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References

1. "Bicycle Brands Home Page". The Wheelmen, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
2. https://www.cnyhistory.org/2015/07/yellow-fellow/

External links

• 1895 Stearns
• 1896 Stearns Yellow Fellow
• 1902 Stearns Yellow Fellow Convertible Tandem Model "U"

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