Advertising Fan for Columbia Bicycles
RetailerSold by
Columbia Bicycle Company
American
MakerFan made by
Unknown
Date1895
MediumPrinted paper, wood, steel and cotton string
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width ): 12 x 2 1/4in. (30.5 x 5.7cm)
Primary Dimensions (width when open): 21in. (53.3cm)
Primary Dimensions (width when open): 21in. (53.3cm)
ClassificationsCommercial Objects
Credit LineGift of G. Fox & Co.
DescriptionPaper advertising fan printed in blue ink on recto with images of the Columbia Bicycle Factory, their Tube Works, Rubber Tire Works, Tube Mills, and the Hartford Cycle Co. and on the verso with images of fashionable young women and men on bicycles. The paper is mounted on a wood (possibly bamboo?) frame and the ends are attached with pieces of string. The wood pieces are held together with a piece of steel wire.
Object number1949.2.12
MarkingsPrinted in blue ink (on recto): "COLUMBIA BICYCLES ARE THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD./In the city of Hartford, Conn, the factories for the making of Columbia Bicycles and the cheaper, yet reliable, Hartford Bicycles/ sold by the Pope Manufac/turing Co., extend along the line of the New York, New Haven and/ Hartford Railroad for alomost a mile. The actual floor space devoted to/ making and shipping Columbia and Hartford Bicycles is upward of 15."Stamped in black ink on back of folded fan: "FAN DE SIECLE./PAT.APR.30.1895.No.538.277."
Printed in blue ink (on verso): "COLUMBIA BICYCLES ARE THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD."InscribedInscribed in pencil on upper right edge of fan (probably inscribed by CHS cataloguer in 1949): "Fox/lower shelf/#9"
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