The March-Davis Admirals – 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.)
Description
The March-Davis Admirals comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The March-Davis Admirals
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The March-Davis Admirals poster stands out for its sheer scale, a tall, narrow sheet built to catch the eye on a street wall or shop window. It dates from about 1897, when the safety bicycle had turned cycling into a popular pastime for men and women alike. Strobridge & Co., a commercial lithography firm working in Cincinnati and New York, printed it as a chromolithograph, using multiple color stones or plates to produce the bold hues typical of 1890s advertising. The date and printing details come from an older caption card and have not been fully verified, so treat them as approximate.
| Created / published | c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster). |
| Notes | Cincicnnati & New York: Strobridge & Co. Lith. Chromolithograph 213 x 101. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 719 × 1,536 px · prints to 2 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176746 |
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