Springfield Bicycle Club Tournament, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 11 and 12, 1895 / Will H. Bradley. – Vintage Wall Art
![Springfield Bicycle Club Tournament, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 11 and 12, 1895 / Will H. Bradley., [18]95. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e4/e401c41541d3-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Springfield Bicycle Club Tournament, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 11 and 12, 1895 / Will H. Bradley.. 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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Few American posters of the 1890s show the bicycle craze as plainly as this one, which advertised a two-day racing tournament in Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 11 and 12, 1895. Springfield was a major center of American bicycle manufacturing at the time, so the event drew on a local industry and a fast-growing enthusiasm for cycling. The designer, Will H. Bradley, was one of the leading American poster artists of the decade, and his bold flat shapes and strong color show the influence of European poster art, particularly the work of Jules Chéret, which he helped bring into American graphic 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 | 1,148 × 1,456 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216084 |
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