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Title: Dewey L. Maxwell Papers and Photographs
Dates: 1895-1955
Collection Number: 2013-76
Creator/Collector:
Maxwell, Dewey L.
Extent: 5 boxes (approx. 3 linear feet)
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Repository:
History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Business records and photographs related to the Garden City Velodrome, Garden City Wheelmen, and Maxwell's Cyclery in San
Jose, California.
Language of Material: English
The collection is available to the public for research by appointment.
Property rights reside with History San Jose. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact History San Jose
Research Library.
[Identification of item]. Dewey L. Maxwell Papers and Photographs . Collection Number: 2013-76. History San Jose Research
Library
Donated to History San Jose in 2013 by Thomas Flood, a member of the Maxwell family.
Scope and Content of Collection
Planning documents and business records (1935-1941) of the Garden City Velodrome (aka Burbank Velodrome), operated by Dewey
L. Maxwell. Includes assorted programs for 1936-1939, as well as several programs from the Six-Day Bicycle Race (Los Angeles
and San Francisco - Dewey Maxwell provided bicycle repair).
The papers also contain material from the Maxwell Cyclery, operated by the Maxwell family, including bicycle parts catalogs
and service manuals, business ledgers, and a folder of civil defense material from the 1950s.
Approximately 146 photographs document cycling in San Jose, especially at its velodromes, as well as the Maxwell family and
its cycling shop.
Bicycle racing
Velodromes
San Jose (Calif.)