How Long to Read The Many Faces of Schwinn Gray's Field Guide to Schwinn Head Badges

How Long Does it Take to Read The Many Faces of Schwinn Gray's Field Guide to Schwinn Head Badges?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 12 minutes to read The Many Faces of Schwinn Gray's Field Guide to Schwinn Head Badges by Barry E. Gray

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This book is about the many beautiful and interesting head badges found on prewar & early post war Schwinn bicyclesI once read, before WWII it was possible to purchase a Schwinn bicycle through 15,000 different outlets (it wouldn't surprise me if it were more). This included barber shops, haberdashery shops, farm supplies, bicycle shops, hardware stores, department stores, and many other businesses.A large portion of these companies had their own head badges made from a design they came up with, maybe their company logo, or some other design the company that made the head badges for them may have come up with. They then installed their company head badge on the Schwinn bicycles they sold. Schwinn bicycles were rebadged like this from the very beginning of Arnold Schwinn & Company, back in the late 1890's, all the way up to the late 1950's and early 1960's. There are a few exceptions like Haack's Cycle Shop. I've seen their badges on Schwinn Corvette bicycles up into the mid 1960's. Haack's may not have had permission though, I've read about several shops, and was told by several shop owners Schwinn was mad at them for continuing to put their dealer head badges on the Schwinn bicycles they sold.When I first started researching for this book, I read there were over 200 different head badges that could be found on Schwinn bicycles, including both Arnold Schwinn and dealer head badges. I thought this was crazy talk, but I've found nearly 300 head badges at this point, and I'm positive there are hundreds more to be found. Just about every town had a bicycle shop selling Schwinn bicycles with their dealer head badge on it. Some of the outfits were only in business for a year or two, and then they were gone.

How long is The Many Faces of Schwinn Gray's Field Guide to Schwinn Head Badges?

The Many Faces of Schwinn Gray's Field Guide to Schwinn Head Badges by Barry E. Gray is 311 pages long, and a total of 78,061 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Many Faces of Schwinn Gray's Field Guide to Schwinn Head Badges Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 6 minutes to read The Many Faces of Schwinn Gray's Field Guide to Schwinn Head Badges aloud.

What Reading Level is The Many Faces of Schwinn Gray's Field Guide to Schwinn Head Badges?

The Many Faces of Schwinn Gray's Field Guide to Schwinn Head Badges is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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