Trade Card for the Pope Manufacturing Company, "Columbia Bicycle," circa 1887

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Artifact Overview

The Pope Manufacturing Company handed out this trade card depicting a nighttime parade of bicycle club members on Columbia bicycles. Trade cards, like this one, usually had colorful and interesting scenes on the front and product information on the back.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Trade card

Date Made

circa 1880

Subject Date

circa 1880

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

87.7.3.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of G. Donald Adams.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Lithography
Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 6.625 in
Width: 3 in

Inscriptions

Text in part on back: Columbia Bicycle...THE POPE M'F'G CO., / No. 597 WASHINGTON STREET, / BOSTON, MASS.
Trade Card for the Pope Manufacturing Company, "Columbia Bicycle," circa 1887