Springfield [Mass.] Bicycle Club Tournament, Sept. 1,2,3, 1895 – Vintage Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Springfield [Mass.] Bicycle Club Tournament, Sept. 1,2,3, 1895. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Springfield [Mass.] Bicycle Club Tournament, Sept. 1,2,3, 1895
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This lithograph advertises a three-day bicycle club tournament held in Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 1 through 3, 1895. Springfield was a major center of American bicycle manufacturing in the 1890s, when the "safety" bicycle sparked a nationwide craze, and local clubs often staged races and social events that drew large crowds. Color lithography was the standard medium for event posters of the period, so the piece shows how organizers used bold graphic design to promote cycling as both a sport and a fashionable pastime.
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1895 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 977 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125021 |
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