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1882 promotional poster advertising the imminent publication of the new cycling magazine, "the wheelman" - the first cycling monthly in america. this is probably the pride and joy of my collection. |
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~1890 book, "the bicycle abc", printed by parker bros. - illustrates the alphabet with pictures of children cycling. |
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1894 report on the relay from washington d.c. to denver for the l.a.w. meet to prove the merit of speedy long-distance delivery by bicycle. especially nice bit of my collection, since it pertains not only to early messenger memorabilia, but to morgan & wright tires as well (they were a sponsor, i beleive) |
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1895 supplement from the boston globe, a cardstock a. a. zimmermann for you to cut out and assemble! |
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1909 newspaper, "la domenica del corrierre", with front page illustration of the finish of, and feature article covering the first-ever giro d'italia. |
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1917 booklet, "mother goose up-to-date", advertising for u.s. bicycle tires - a great adaptation of the classic nursery rhymes, juxtaposed with pictures of the u.s. tire product line, and the "bicycle bug" making appearances throughout. |
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1927 promo photo of nicolas frantz, winner of the 21st tour de france, astride his alcyon bicycle. |
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~1930 advertising poster for mavic... mudguards. an early poster for mavic, predating the familiar diamond logo, and a different font, to boot. picture soon. |
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1930 cycling map set, issued by burgers e.n.r., each covering a different province of holland. |
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~1950 headbadge, "constante girardengo" - bikes produced under the name of the first legendary "campinissimo" of italian cycling |
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1955 card album, "revue der kampioenen", for the set of trade cards issued by rizla+ - all the greats of one of the most historic periods in cycle racing - bartali, coppi, kubler, koblet, geminiani.... |
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~1880 series of trade cards showing cats, dogs, frogs and rabbits riding high-wheelers, issued by j & p coats thread. a fairly commonly-seen set, but that doesnt diminish their attractiveness. |
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~1885 series of trade cards depicting cycling scenes, printed by bufford lithographers, boston. there may be more in this series, but this is what ive found as of yet.
wanted: any other cards from this series beyond those shown here. |
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~1890 single card illustrating a race by babies riding sewing machine penny-farthings (what the hell?!?!), also printed by bufford for new home sewing machines. another classic bit of bicycle trade card art, utterly surreal. |
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~1890 series of fashionably-dressed women on bicycles, depicted with dried weed-stalks and full moons. something was just very aesthetically appealling about this series to me. 4 cards of a set of 6
wanted: the remaining 2 cards from this series. |
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~1890 single french card of 2 girls on tricycles, entitled "jouets les tricycles". |
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~1896 foldout trade card for racycle - the 4 stages and the back of the card are shown. |
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~1900 swiss series of 6, "metropoles comiques", issued by tobler chocolate. |
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~1900 french series, "collection felix potin", cycling subset.
wanted: 
jacqulein and any other cards from this subset beyond those shown here. |
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~1900 french series, "2eme collection felix potin", cycling subset.
wanted: 
walthour and any other cards from this subset beyond those shown here. |
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1928 spanish series, "ciclismo", issued by chocolate amatller (4 cards of ?).
wanted: any cards from this series other than those shown here. |
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~1930 german series, "radsport", issued by casanova cigaretten. nice sepia-tone images. 6 cards of a series of 12(?).
wanted: any cards from this series other than those shown here. |
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1928 german series "radsport serie 1", issued by greiling. 1 card of a set of 12(?).
wanted: any cards from this series other than those shown here. |
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1928 german series "radsport serie 2", issued by greiling. 1 card of a set of 12(?).
wanted: any cards from this series other than those shown here. |
   
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1935 german series "radsport", issued by various bakeries. 4 cards of a set of 12(?).
wanted: any cards from this series other than those shown here. |