❌ Nope. This isn't a photo of William Harley and Arthur Davidson unveiling their first motorcycle in 1914.
Rating:A vintage photograph of two men astride Harley-Davidson motorcycles is frequently shared online along with the claim that the men pictured are the company's founders, William Harley and Arthur Davidson, and that the image captures the unveiling of their first motorcycles in 1914:
Although the photograph is a genuine one dating from that time period, the backstory commonly attached to it is not.to old photographs of Harley-Davidson motorcycles by Ross Hollibaugh.
"I was enjoying your page with all the old Harleys and remembered that I have a photo of my cousin's grandfather and his grandfather's brother each sitting on the brand new 1914 Harleys that they purchased in 1914. I am not sure, but I believe the photo may have been taken at the dealership in Wanamingo, MN.
Wanamingo is 6 miles from Zumbrota. I still have family in both Wanamingo and Zumbrota. My cousin still has the original receipt for his grandfather's bike and he scanned a copy of it for me. You can see on the invoice that Lars Johnson of Zumbrota, MN purchased his bike for $245 and only put $10 cash down. Lars was my cousin's grandfather."
The provenance of the photograph aside, a picture taken in 1914 couldn't capture William Harley and Arthur Davidson unveiling their first motorcycle, as the initialHarley-Davidson motorcycle had come out in 1903, and the first Harley-Davidson dealership had been opened a year later. By 1914, Harley-Davidson had entered the world of motorcycle racing.
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