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Can you imagine a undertaking cross-country road trip on a motorcycle…over 100 years ago? To promote the idea of women as military dispatch riders, sisters Augusta and Adeline Van Buren did just that, departing New York for San Francisco in 1916. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on April 26, 2021.

“Early American Motorcycles” is on view pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall and online at https://t.co/gk4H1rFqZs #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on April 02, 2021.

The 1910 Harley-Davidson Model 6 on display features an optional carbide headlamp, which is lit by flammable acetylene gas that is produced by a reaction between carbide pellets and water in the base of the lamp. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on April 02, 2021.

In 1910, Harley-Davidson moved into a modern 9,520 square-foot production facility, and by 1913 they produced more than sixty motorcycles per day. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on April 02, 2021.

Although they built just three more of their simple, single-cylinder motorcycles the following year, Harley-Davidson moved to a new building on the company’s current Juneau Avenue site and increased production to fifty motorcycles in 1906. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on April 02, 2021.

William S. Harley, along with brothers Arthur, Walter, and William Davidson constructed the first three Harley-Davidson motorcycles in 1903 in a small workshop located in the backyard of the Davidson family home in Milwaukee, WI. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on April 02, 2021.

“Early American Motorcycles” is on view pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall. Can't make it to the airport? Check out our new online-only exhibition catalog! https://t.co/gk4H1rFqZs #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on March 19, 2021.

Amazingly, Curtiss clocked 136 miles-per-hour—the fastest speed anyone had achieved on a motorized vehicle—on the hard-packed sand before the motorcycle’s driveshaft broke while traveling over ninety miles-per-hour on the return run. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on March 19, 2021.

He soon dropped the Hercules name in favor of Curtiss and in January 1907, he entered a modified racing motorcycle fitted with the new V-8 aircraft engine at the Winter Speed Carnival in Ormond Beach, Florida. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on March 19, 2021.

Sometime around 1901, Curtiss motorized two of his bicycles with engine castings made by the E.R. Thomas Company. Disappointed with the performance of the Thomas engines, he designed and manufactured his own. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on March 19, 2021.

Before Glenn Curtiss (1878-1930) turned to aviation, he was one of the first to design motorcycles that significantly improved on their bicycle heritage. An avid cyclist and racer, he ran a small manufacturing and retail shop in NY in the late 1890s. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on March 19, 2021.

“Early American Motorcycles” is on view pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall and online at https://t.co/gk4H1rFqZs #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on March 05, 2021.