Image of a man riding a high-wheel bicycle on a park path next to a pond, with other bicyclists and a horse-drawn carriage in the background; image is centered in an advertisement for the Columbia Bicycle, with printed text in the borders listing seven cycling records and images of bicycle accessories decorating the lower part of the sheet. Probable date based on company history and printed text which includes cycling records up to September 1879; the Pope Manufacturing Company moved to its 597 Washington Street address in 1881. "597 Washington St."--text, bottom left of image. "Forbes Co. Boston"--text, bottom right margin. "An ever saddled horse which eats nothing"--text, center left border.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 40.8 x 30.48 cm (16 1/16 x 12 in.)
Advertising--Bicycle industry Bicycles and bicycling--Pictorial works Cycling--Pictorial works Leisure--Pictorial works Transportation equipment industry Pope Manufacturing Company Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc) Advertisements. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Transportation Large Size Bicycle The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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