The harleydavidson story is a unique blend. Its a microcosm of the american industry. The company was born at the dawn of the 20th century when so many things were happening and the company has actually been in continuous operation, making motorcycles for 116 years now. For me, as a curator, its wonderful because the story is so great. Ups and downs through the depression, world war ii, triumph and tribulation, and they saved everything. You will see as we walk through the museum, they had, for whatever reason, you know, these young guys starting this company from almost nothing, began saving stuff from the first years of their operation, generations of employees have continued that throughout the history of the company and its just given us so much stuff to help tell all of these stories. Were here in front of serial number 1, at the beginnings of the Harleydavidson Motor Company story. This is the oldest harleydavidson in existence. It was restored during the 1990s which means it was
The harleydavidson story is a unique one. Its a wonderful microcosm of the american industry. The company was born at the dawn of the 20th century when so many things were happening and the company has actually been in continuous operation, making motorcycles for 116 years now. For me, as a curator, its wonderful because the story is so great. Ups and downs, the depression, world war ii, triumph and tribulation, and they saved everything. You will see as we walk through the museum, they had, for whatever reason, you know, these young guys starting this company from almost nothing, began saving stuff from the first years of their operation, generations of employees have continued that throughout the history of the company and its just given us so much stuff to help tell all of these stories. Were here in front of serial number 1, at the beginnings of the Harleydavidson Motor Company story. This is the oldest harleydavidson in existence. It was restored during the 1990s, which means it w