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    Victor bicycles

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    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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  • Outing bicycle number for June 1896

    Outing bicycle number for June 1896

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    Image of an advertisement for Outing magazine June 1896 issue featuring a woman riding a bicycle down a dark path with a light beaming from her handlebars; a dog runs behind the bicycle at right.

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    Waverley cycles

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    Harper's round table

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    The Jay T. Last collection of artist posters contains over 370 printed works spanning over eighty years, from 1883-1964. The bulk of the materials date from 1890 to 1900 and advertise American literary books and periodicals. Bicycles, household goods, and other products are also advertised. Notable artists represented in the collection include Will Bradley, Maynard Dixon, J. J. Gould, Edward Penfield, Ethel Reed, and Louis Rhead. Subjects addressed within the collection include international art styles (such as Art Nouveau), fashion, graphic design, publishing, book and literary journal publication, product advertising, and the intersections between them, especially during the last decade of the 19th century.

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