Ride a Crawford Bicycle – Historic Reproduction
(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
This rare vintage poster captures Ride a Crawford Bicycle in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Ride a Crawford Bicycle
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This 1896 poster promotes the Crawford bicycle at a striking scale, measuring about 211 by 102 centimeters, large enough to dominate a shop window or wall. Strobridge & Co., a lithographic firm based in Cincinnati and New York, produced its bold color printing, a method widely used for eye-catching advertising in the 1890s. The date places it at the height of the bicycle craze, when cycling was spreading quickly among city workers and women alike. Details come from an older caption card and have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster). |
| Notes | Chromolithograph by Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati-New York, 211 x 102 cm. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 757 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172495 |
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