Gormully & Jeffery
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Gormully & Jeffery was an American bicycle company, founded in Chicago by Thomas B. Jeffery
and R. Phillip Gormully in 1878. It marketed bicycles under the Rambler
brand, was at one time the second largest bicycle manufacturer in the US, and was sold to the American Bicycle Company
in 1900.
Thomas B. Jeffery
For the government official in colonial Nova Scotia see Thomas Nickleson JefferyThomas B. Jeffery was an inventor and manufacturer of bicycles and early automobiles.-Early life:...
and R. Phillip Gormully in 1878. It marketed bicycles under the Rambler
Rambler (bicycle)
The Rambler is an American bicycle brand manufactured by the Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co., in Chicago from 1878 to 1900. This bicycle brand was created by Thomas B. Jeffery and was the predecessor to Jeffery's Rambler automobile....
brand, was at one time the second largest bicycle manufacturer in the US, and was sold to the American Bicycle Company
American Bicycle Company
American Bicycle Company was an American bicycle company. American Bicycle was founded by Albert Augustus Pope, owner of the Columbia Bicycle. In 1898, the U.S. bicycle industry was caught in a downward spiral of market saturation, over-supply and intense price competition. Pope issued an affidavit...
in 1900.