Hi all,
I'm a new member who'd like to introduce himself. In late 1970's into the early 1980's I was the owner (with one partner) of a Bicycle Shop at the corner of E.19th St. and Second Ave in Manhattan, called the "Right Brothers Bicycle Shop". Some time in our first year of business, a couple of guys who had a Demolition Company stopped in and asked if I might be interested in an old bike they had discovered in the attic of a building they were demolishing. I asked to see it and they pulled it out of the back of their truck. I paid what they were asking for it, thinking it would look great hanging up on the wall above the shop's new bike display. There it stayed, until the shop was sold a few years later, when I embarked on a new career. We also had a replica High Wheel bike, that I rode frequently in the streets of Manhattan.
My wife and I also owned a place in NH, where I now reside. The antique bike was transported there and put in dry storage, where it has remained since. Many years ago, I did some research and, in fact, tried to sign up for this forum (failed to get a response to my inquiry). All I found out was that the Hoffman Company built bicycles (not re-badged from another supplier) from 1890 to 1895 in Cleveland , Ohio and then turned to Automobile production, if I remember correctly.
I'm hoping that, perhaps, some of the Wheelmen might be able to shed some light on this brand and after viewing the attached photos, an evaluation of what I have.
Thanks to all
Chris