For a few abbreviated decades of human history , just before burning engines and bike and cars burst onto the scene , the cycle was the most advance personal Edwin Herbert Land vehicle around . They were wonders of technology and personal style — as these beautiful ads show .
As Gizmodo continue its Bike Month coverage , take a s to imagine what biography was like in a time when the cycle was the paradigm of technological progress — here are 29 ads for prospicient - list bikes , from the stylish , to the curvy , to the sometimes half-baked .
Victor, Victoria bicycles. Overman Wheel Co., 1896. Artist: Will Bradley.
Source : Library Of Congress
Orient cycles lead the leaders. Waltham M’f’g’ Co., c1890. Artist: Edward Penfield.
Déesse bicycle, Paris, c1890. Artist: Jean de Paleologue.
Ride a Stearns and be content / J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bld’g, N.Y., 1896. Artist: Edward Penfield.
Victor Bicycles Overman Wheel Co., 1896. Artist: Will Bradley.
Dayton cycles, France, c1898. Artist: Henry Thiriet.
Source : Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Waverley cycles, Paris, 1898. Artist: Alphonse Mucha.
Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Prudent buyer selects the Shirk, the latest, neatest, and lightest bicycle in the world / Ottman, Chic., c1890. Artist: unknown.
Cycles Clément, Paris, 1898. Artist: Jean de Paleologue.
Cycles Humber, 1890. Artist: Alfred Choubrac.
Gladiator cycles, 1880. Artist: unknown.
Townsend’s Limited Cycles. Redditch. England. 1890. Artist: unknown.
Papillon bicycle by the Société française pour la construction de cycles, 1890. Artist: A. Bonnard.
American Crescent cycles, 1899. Artist: T. Ramsdell.
Cycles Decauville, Paris, 1895. Artist: Alfred Choubrac.
Clément cycles, Paris, 1890. Artist: George Moore.
Brillant Cycles, 1900. Artist: Raymond Tournon.
Peugeot, c1880. Artist: Francisco Tamagno.
origin : Les Silos Médiathèque
Clément, 1896. Artist: Lucien Baylac.
Cycles Gladiator, c1880. Artist: Unknown.
Clément, 1896. Artist: Unknown.
Clément, c1880. Artist: Jean de Paléologue.
Delizy and Poiret bikes, 1890. Artist: Unknown.
Le Cyclone, 1892. Artist: Unknown.
Howe bicycles and tricycles, 1895. Artist: Unknown.
Cycles de luxe and chainless cycles, 1897. Artist: Unknown.
Cycles Papillon, c1880. Artist: Certhus.
Cycles Peugeot, 1895. Artist: Ernest Vulliemin.
Cycles Perfecta. 1902. Artist: Alphonse Mucha.
generator : photobucket / muchacompleteworks
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