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Thursday, December 24, 2015

"The Best Gift of All"

1922 Christmas Bike Ad (Detail)
1922 Bicycle ad before Christmas

chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064020/1922-12-14/ed-...
The herald. (New Orleans, LA), December 14, 1922, Christmas, Image 23

I like that the bicycle is said to be "right up to the minute." The prices seem quite reasonable.

Times Boy and bicycle 1921
The ad is from the same period as this bike, the early 20s

Note headlight connected to battery under one of the two top tubes, horn, and tire pump. Pretty nice.