Pourvu que j'aie un pneu-vélo Continental / Mich. – Historic Print
![Pourvu que j'aie un pneu-vélo Continental / Mich., Paris : Les Imprimeries D. Daude, [ca. 1900] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2c/2ce9167be112-L.webp)
(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 vintage poster of Pourvu que j'aie un pneu-vélo Continental / Mich.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Pourvu que j'aie un pneu-vélo Continental / Mich.
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A ragged tramp, balanced on a unicycle, voices the wish that gives the poster its title: "Pourvu que j'aie un pneu-vélo Continental," or "If only I had a Continental bicycle tire." The ad pairs that hard-luck figure with a one-year guarantee, a selling point during the 1890s bicycle boom, when tire quality mattered to riders. Signed by the artist "Mich." and printed in Paris by the Daude firm around 1900, this chromolithograph shows how color printing turned everyday goods into eye-catching street advertising.
| Created / published | Paris : Les Imprimeries D. Daude, [ca. 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 83 x 63 cm. |
| Genre | Posters French 1890-1910.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1910. |
| Notes | Garanti un an." Promotional goal: Fr. C24. 1900. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1989:136)." |
| Subjects | Tramps--French--1890-1910. Unicycles--1890-1910. Tires--1890-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,782 × 4,662 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220191 |
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