Springfield Bicycle Club Tournament, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 11 and 12, 1895 / Will H. Bradley. – Historic Reproduction
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(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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Step back in time with Springfield Bicycle Club Tournament, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 11 and 12, 1895 / Will H. Bradley., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Springfield Bicycle Club Tournament, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 11 and 12, 1895 / Will H. Bradley.
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Held on September 11 and 12, 1895, the Springfield Bicycle Club tournament took place in Springfield, Massachusetts, a city that was then one of the country's leading bicycle manufacturing centers. The bicycle craze of the 1890s drew large crowds to races and club events, and posters like this one were meant to pull them in. The design is by Will H. Bradley, a prominent American graphic designer whose bold flat color and decorative lettering helped shape the poster style of the decade. Printed as a color lithograph, it shows how commercial printing had begun treating everyday public events as subjects for artistic design.
| Created / published | [18]95. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Posters 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. K22. 1895. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Bicycle racing--Massachusetts--Springfield--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 934 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165808 |
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