Columbia Bicycles. Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn. – Vintage Print
(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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A window into the past: Columbia Bicycles. Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Columbia Bicycles. Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn.
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This photograph records a poster design by illustrator Maxfield Parrish, made to advertise Columbia bicycles from the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. Pope was one of the largest American bicycle makers of the 1890s, when cycling swept the country and manufacturers relied heavily on eye-catching color posters to sell machines. The date given here, 1896, is marked as uncertain in the catalog record, so it is best read as an estimate. The image is useful for seeing how Parrish's decorative style was applied to commercial advertising at the height of the bicycle craze.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [1896?] |
| Subjects | Photo of poster design by Maxfield Parrish. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Bicycles; Advertising--Misc.; Posters; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,256 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128154 |
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