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Springfield Bicycle Club. : Bicycle camp-exhibition & tournament. Springfield, Mass. U.S.A. Sept. 18.19.20.1883
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Subseries A. Bicycle (large size)
Visual Materials
This subseries contains six prints related to bicycles that date from the early 1880s to 1897. The prints include four posters and broadsides advertising bicycles and bicycle tires, as well as an image of recreational bicyclists riding in a park (priJLC_TRAN_001196) and a view of the 1883 Springfield, Massachusetts, Bicycle Club cycling tournament (priJLC_TRAN_001382).
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Columbia bicycle : the Pope Mfg. Co. Boston Mass
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Image of a man riding a high-wheel bicycle on a park path next to a pond, with other bicyclists and a horse-drawn carriage in the background; image is centered in an advertisement for the Columbia Bicycle, with printed text in the borders listing seven cycling records and images of bicycle accessories decorating the lower part of the sheet.
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Springfield, Mass. Fire & Marine Insurance Co
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Image of an advertisement for Springfield, Massachusetts, Fire & Marine Insurance Company; Columbia seated at center holding a draped American flag and a Union shield aloft an a sword and laurel crown in her other hand; globe, books, and American eagle flank her; burning city and ships at sea in background.
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The old and the new. : Superior Drill Co. Springfield, Ohio
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Image of a three-fold advertisement for the Superior Drill Company of Springfield, Ohio; images of Superior Drill Co. machines in use in fields on farms contrasted with a farmer sowing seed by hand with a sack slung over his shoulders; advertising text and images of the Superior Drill Co. factory building and farm implements on verso.
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Harvell's condition powders. For horses and cattle
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Image of an advertisement for Harvell's condition powders and Herrick's pills & plasters for livestock; racehorse named Dexter ridden by a jockey at center on a racetrack; grandstand and people viewing the race in background at left.
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Ninth annual New England fair at Lowell, Mass. Sept. 3, 4, 5 & 6, 1872
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Image of an elevated view of the ninth annual New England Fair at Lowell, Massachusetts in 1872; a train passes the fenced fairgrounds in foreground; horse races around a track, livestock, fairgoers, tents, and fair buildings visible on grounds; decorative border made up of columns; cherubs, and women with portraits of the men serving as N.E. Agricultural Society officers and local committee chairs in each corner; listing of N.E. Agricultural Society officers, local committees, and assistant marshals at bottom center.
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