Thx for the comments so far. (perhaps a bit of the ol 'false advertising' in motion here, eh ?)
I've scanned the front and rear covers of the catalog, plus my two favorite pages .... if you're interested to take a peek. File is about 1.8mb
http://www-hsc.usc.edu/
Rich Pinder
Van Nuys, CA
> "Japans oldest and leading manufacurer of bicycles.... annual
> capacity of 1,000,000..... In 1884 Maruishi imported bicycles for
> the first time into Japan ....."
> It also states that in the 70's they had a "wholly owned subsidiary in
> the United States"
> Does anyone recall who this subsidiary was (is) ??