General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER PRINT/ WOOD FRAME/ GLASS/ METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

135.6 cm

Width

73.8 cm

Height

4.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Cycles & cycling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Buek

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1900+

Canada

ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE AMERICAN COMPANY POPE MFG. CO.; ITS MAIN LINE WAS THE 'COLUMBIA' WHICH WAS COMMERICALLY SUCCESSFUL IN THE U.S., CANADA, & THE U.K. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO COMPETE WITH THE NEWLY FORMED CANADA CYCLE & MOTOR COMPANY, POPE SOLD OUT TO CCM IN 1900, WITH THE RESULT THAT THE COLUMBIA TRADEMARK WAS PRODUCED BY CCM EARLY IN THIS CENTURY.

Function

AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR A BICYCLE MANUFACTURER.

Technical

THE POPE MFG. CO. WAS A LEADER IN THE AMERICAN BICYCLE INDUSTRY IN THE 1880'S & 1890'S. CO. G. ALBERT POPE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN POPULARIZING THE BICYCLE THROUGH CREATIVE USE OF ADVERTISING & MARKETING

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINT SIGNED 'KYES & WOODBURY/ WORCESTER,/ MASS.'/ BLACK LETTERING IN CORNER OF PRINT READS 'G.H. BUEK & CO., N.Y.'/ BLACK PRINTING ON WHITE BORDER READS 'FACTORIES OF POPE MFG. CO. HARTFORD, CONN.', 'COLUMBIA TUBE MILL', 'HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS', 'COLUMBIA BICYCLE FACTORY', & 'HARTFORD CYCLE CO.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

MULTICOLOURED PRINT WITH WHITE BORDER/ BROWN STAINED & VARNISHED FRAME WITH GOLD INNER BORDER

Decoration

IMAGE IS REPRESENTATION OF HARTFORD, CONN., SPECIFICALLY OF VARIOUS BICYCLE & ACCESSORY FACTORIES OF POPE MFG. CO.