110th Anniversary Look Back

Continuing with our Champagne Party throwbacks as we anticipate its return next Saturday... here's some images from 2005 - the year a new addition was still under construction! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

For today's #kegel365 post, we're starting a week of throwbacks to Champagne Parties of yesteryear leading up to this year's event next Saturday, Nov 19! Today we share the invite, written by Mel Kegel herself, for what our records indicate was the 1st Champagne Party, back in 1984! #365daysofkegelhd #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest

Earlier this year we were approached by the president of the Mustang Museum of America to be part of a quilt that they were auctioning off for charity at the Odenville Chamber of Commerce car show this fall. Check out the finished product! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

Today we share the earliest ad (so-far) that we've found of Kegel and Co advertising... Harley-Davidson®, as published in the March 2, 1912 Freeport Journal-Standard! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

Today for #kegel365 we share this photo of former Kegel employee Hank Clay, working at our Madison St store back in April 1970! #365daysofkegelhd #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest

Check out this ad for the Harrison location, likely from the late 90s/early 2000s! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

Today we share of the tragic passing of Julius Kegel, as reported in a late August 1978 edition of the Morning Star.

Continuing with yesterdays #365daysofkegelhd post... It was reported in the Freeport Evening Standard on August 9, 1909 that Joseph Redlinger sold his business to Kegel and company!

Today and tomorrow's #kegel365 posts kind of go together and you'll soon see why...

Today we share the late storefront of the bicycle shop in Freeport - 120 S. Chicago Ave - which remained Kegel's Bicycle Shop until around 2010 when it underwent a brief renovation and became Freeport Bicycle Company, reflecting the change in ownership. Sadly, it appears the business fell victim to 2020 hardships and has not reopened since mid-2020. #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd