General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1-.4 PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length

6.8 cm

Width

3.5 cm

Height

N/A

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

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

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Canada

PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION/ AN EXAMPLE OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CYCLING, & ITS PREVALENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE - IN CANADA AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY

Function

PACKED IN BOXES OF CIGARETTES AS A PROMOTIONAL ITEM - IN HOPES THEY WOULD APPEAL TO CONSUMERS FOR INTEREST & COLLECTABILITY

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

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Details

Markings

.1 ON FACE `PENNY FARTHING'; ON BACK INCLUDES `TRANSPORT/ THEN & NOW/ NO.15/ PENNY FARTHING/ (Past)'/.2 ON FACE `MODERN BICYCLE'; ON BACK INCLUDES `TRANSPORT/ THEN & NOW/ NO.16/ MODERN BICYCLE/ (Present)'/.3 ON BACK INCLUDES `SWEET/ CAPORAL/ CIGARETTES', `A regiment of Belgian Cyclists/ Leaving for the front to the / defense of Antwerp.'/.4 ON FACE `WILLS'S CIGARETTES/ RIDE STEADILY AND NOT MORE THAN TWO ABREAST'; ON BACK INCLUDES `SAFETY FIRST/ A SERIES OF 50', `W.D. & H.O. WILLS/ ISSUED BY THE IMPERIAL TOBACCO CO./ OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. LTD.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 &.2 BACK IS WHITE WITH BLACK PRINT, FACE HAS COLOUR PICTURE WITH WHITE BORDER/.3 &.4 BACK IS OFF-WHITE,.3 HAS BLACK PRINT &.4 HAS GREY-BLUE PRINT; FACE HAS COLOUR PICTURE,.3 WITH OFF-WHITE BORDER,.4 WHITE BORDER

Decoration

.1 PICTURE OF MAN RIDING `ORDINARY';.2 MAN RIDING SAFETY BICYCLE;.3 PICTURE OF SOLDIERS ON BICYCLES;.4 PEOPLE RIDING BICYCLES ONROAD, CARS BEHIND THEM