***%%%^^^^1933 Harley-Davidson in Evanston, IL

1933 Harley-Davidson VE. The Harley 74 cubic inch flathead Big Twin was the dominant bike in the US for [removed phone] at a time of very restrained demand. It was launched close to the time of the 1929 Wall Street Crash and followed by four straight years of declining production. Ignaz Schwinn pulled theplug on Excelsior/Henderson production in 1931, leaving just Harley and Indian to battle it out over the Depression years.