General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

PAPER - APPEARS TO BE NEWSPRINT

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

26.2 cm

Width

24.2 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Cycles & cycling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

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Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION

Function

TO ADVERTISE A TRAVELLING ACROBATIC SHOW

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

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Details

Markings

MAIN CAPTION 'THE WORLD'S LAST AND GREATEST WONDER/ The laws of gravitation defied by/ ZUILA, THE [FEMA]LE BLONDIN'/ ALSO INCLUDES 'M'lle ELLA ZUILA/ AERIAL QUEEN,/ RIDING HER VELOCIPEDE/ Over a 3-4 Inch Wire,/ 100 FEET IN MID-AIR', 'ONLY TO BE SEEN IN/ THE GREAT/ Forepaugh Show/ 200 Exhibitions at Crystal Palace,/ London (Eng.), and the/ LEADING CITIES OF EUROPE', '"Ella Zuila has startled the entire city with her thrilling feat of actually riding avelocipede backward and forward on the high wire."/ -Louisville, Commercial'/ TYPED LABEL ON MOUNTING BOARD 'ZUILA, THE FEMALE BLONDIN/ from Adam Forepaugh-Annual for 1881'

Missing

PIECE TORN OUT OF LOWER EDGE, SMALLER PIECE TORN FROM 1 SIDE & AT A TOP CORNER

Finish

NEWSPRINT IS YELLOWED, PRINTED IN BLACK - BROWN SPOTTING & STAINING

Decoration

PICTURE OF A WOMAN RIDING A VELOCIPEDE ACROSS A TIGHT WIRE