The Stormer Bicycle Recommends Itself – Historic 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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The Stormer Bicycle Recommends Itself comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Stormer Bicycle Recommends Itself
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A tall color lithograph from 1896, this poster promotes a bicycle called the Stormer under the slogan "Recommends Itself," a phrase that reflects how bicycle makers of the period competed by claiming their machines sold on their own merits. The printer's imprint credits a Cincinnati and New York lithography firm, and the poster's size, over 7 feet tall, shows it was built to be seen from a distance in shop windows or on streets. The 1890s bicycle boom, driven by the safety bicycle with its chain drive and equal-sized wheels, made such large advertising posters a common way to reach riders. Details of the Stormer's maker and the poster's distribution are not confirmed in the record.
| Created / published | Cincinnati & New York : Strobirde & Co. Lith., 1896. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 213 x 102 cm. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 718 × 1,536 px · prints to 2 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128380 |
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