Victor Bicycles Overman Wheel Co. / Bradley. – Vintage Wall Art
![Victor Bicycles Overman Wheel Co. / Bradley., Boston : Forbes Co., [1896] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5d/5d8bcb55da19-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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Victor Bicycles Overman Wheel Co. / Bradley. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Victor Bicycles Overman Wheel Co. / Bradley.
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This Victor poster stands out for listing the Overman Wheel Company's branches in cities from Boston to Portland, Oregon. The Forbes Company, a Boston lithographer, printed it in 1896, near the peak of the bicycle craze, when the safety bicycle with its chain drive and pneumatic tires had made cycling practical for ordinary riders. The record also pairs the wheel with women, which reflects how widely cycling was seen in that decade as a source of new mobility and easier dress for women. Posters like this carried brand names into shop windows and street corners across the country.
| Created / published | Boston : Forbes Co., [1896] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1890-1900.Posters 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Overman Wheel Co., Boston, New York, Detroit, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, [and] Portland, Ore. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896. |
| Subjects | Bicycles & tricycles--1890-1900. Women--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,672 × 3,801 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220694 |
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