CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY

The Camden Wheelmen
and other Bicycling Clubs
The Century Wheelmen, Crescent Wheelmen & Stockton Wheelmen

The development of the bicycle spawned mucn enthusiasm in the 1890s. Bicyclists, or as they were called in those times, Wheelmen, formed clubs, a national association, held races, conventions, and all matter of social events. Three clubs were of note in Camden, the Camden Wheelmen, the century Wheelmen, and the Stockton Wheelmen, who hailed from what was then the Town of Stockton, which became part of Camden in 1899.

Phil Cohen

THE CAMDEN WHEELMEN

Philadelphia Inquirer - December 12, 1893

Philadelphia Inquirer - January 6, 1895

Philadelphia Inquirer - December 27, 1896

Philadelphia Inquirer - August 8, 1897

Philadelphia Inquirer - August 8, 1897


Philadelphia Inquirer - October 11, 1906

THE CENTURY WHEELMEN

Philadelphia Inquirer - August 8, 1897

Philadelphia Inquirer - August 8, 1897
 

THE CRESCENT WHEELMEN

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 15, 1898

The Crescent Wheelmen
Edward Holloway
Walter R. Stanton
Sidney P. McCord

Edmund Pike
Samuel Easton
John Hurley
Samuel Hurff
Ulie G. Lee
John H. Scott
A.J. Larkin
Frank S. Albright
Casper Walter
George Petri - Albert Petri
Charles S. Toy - Harry C. Willets
Wilford Wilkinson
Harry Marsh - Joseph Haines
Samuel Ladd - Thomas Wagner
William Holman - William Bowen

THE STOCKTON WHEELMEN

Philadelphia Inquirer - February 6, 1896

 

THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

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