Victor bicycles, Overman Wheel Company, Boston, New York, ... / Will H. Bradley – 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.)
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This rare vintage poster captures Victor bicycles, Overman Wheel Company, Boston, New York, ... / Will H. Bradley in remarkable detail. 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 Company, Boston, New York, ... / Will H. Bradley
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Bradley's bold lettering and flat areas of color give this 1895 Victor bicycle poster a look that stands apart from most advertising of its day. Will H. Bradley was an American designer who became one of the leading figures in the poster craze of the 1890s, and his work for the Overman Wheel Company helped make the Victor name familiar in cities such as Boston and New York. The lithograph was printed by Harper & Brothers, and it reflects the decorative, European-influenced Art Nouveau style that Bradley brought to American commercial art. The bicycling boom of the mid-1890s made posters like this a common sight on city streets.
| Created / published | 1895 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Notes | Lithograph printed by Harper & Brothers, New York. Reverse: cover by M. Parrish for Harper's Weekly, Christmas, 1895 [can't see since encapsulated with backing sheet]. Promotional goal: US. D41. 1895; US. K22. 1895. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,092 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173925 |
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