Bye continued to work in the firearm industry for the remainder of his life. The company’s name changed to Iver Johnson & Company in 1883 upon Johnson’s purchase of Bye’s interest in the firm. He and Johnson filed jointly for and were awarded multiple patents together, mostly related to firearms designs, beginning in 1876. Mary Elizabeth Adams on April 9th, 1868, in Worcester, with whom he had 3 sons and 2 daughters over the next several years. His early work involved not only gunsmithing locally in Worcester, MA, but it also included providing designs and work to other firearms companies (notable Allen & Wheelock for whom he made so-called “” pistols). Johnson was a gunsmith by trade at the time, but also worked as an inventor in his spare time, which would come in handy later on as he sought new and creative uses for his partially idle manufacturing equipment, a thought process which would eventually lead him and his heirs to diversify the corporation’s businesses. Iver Johnson is documented as having immigrated to Worcester, Massachusetts from Norway in 1863 at the height of the American Civil War, a time when gunsmithing was a welcome skill in the country. However, there is more documented information on Johnson. Not much is known about Martin Bye, as there is very little documented information about his life. Their primary revenues came from the sale of their self designed and manufactured inexpensive models of revolvers. During this period, Johnson and Bye filed for and received several new firearms features and firearms feature improvement patents. In 1871 Iver Johnson joined Martin Bye to form the Johnson Bye & Company, merging his own (1841-1895) and Martin Bye’s gunsmithing operations.
Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works: Company History The ‘motobike’ versions had a pretend petrol tank under the crossbar. The Iver Johnson truss-bridge design ran from 1909 until the early 1920s, and was very popular as it was well-priced and a well-made lightweight cycle. The restored Iver Johnson in this auction is frame number 368912. The ad below is from one of their booklets called ‘Modern Gun-men.’ The advert above, showing a young girl playing with an Iver Johnson revolver (“accidental discharge impossible”) was somewhat incongruous even then. Their popularity in the 21st Century is due to their excellent advertisements, particularly for the Iver Johnson pistol with their famous safety hammer. ‘Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works’ of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was a leading American manufacturer of arms and cycles in its day. Here is some background to the engine and the cycle… Smith are interesting American companies, with well-documented histories. I sold the Motorwheel and kept the Iver Johnson cycle.īoth Iver Johnson and A.O. The Smith Motorwheel was in excellent unrestored, original and complete condition.
Like other late 19th Century/ early 20th Century bicycles it’s fixed pedal drive. The Iver Johnson is in excellent restored, running order with later steel wheels and tyres. My Iver Johnson Truss-bridge bicycle was originally motivated by a Smith Motorwheel fitted alongside the rear wheel.
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