Ride a Crawford Bicycle – Antique 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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This vintage poster of Ride a Crawford Bicycle brings a moment of history to your wall. 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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Tall and narrow at about 211 by 102 centimeters, this 1896 chromolithograph advertises the Crawford bicycle, the brand name that gives the poster its title. It was printed by Strobridge & Co., a lithography firm with offices in Cincinnati and New York that produced many colorful advertising posters in the 1890s. The image belongs to the height of the American bicycle craze, when manufacturers competed for riders with bold color and idealized scenes of cycling. The details here 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 | 742 × 1,536 px · prints to 2 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176589 |
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