Subject: Bicycles

Large blue advertisement for the Little Joe Wiesenfeld Co., featuring "BICYCLES and SUNDRIES," and "SPORTING GOODS and GUNS." The advertisement is likely from around 1899, given the date metadata. The physical location is Ms. Coll. 1410, M, Box 6, Folder 120.

This issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated September 12, 1891, features numerous illustrations and articles documenting current events and social life. Key illustrations include a full-page print by J. Durkin titled 'Market Night in the Jewish Quarter of New York,' a panoramic view of a disastrous fire in Jacksonville, Florida, and illustrations of a train accident at Bostian Bridge in North Carolina. Other visual content includes scenes of people returning from summer vacation, portraits of jockeys and racing scenes, women bicycling, and various other topics of interest common to illustrated newspapers of the period. The masthead features ornate Victorian-style lettering with an illustration of the U.S. Capitol building. 3.

Trade card for A. Hollander & Co., a clothing house located at 82-88 Asylum Street in Hartford, Connecticut, advertising itself as "The Largest Clothing House in the State." The card features a lithographed illustration depicting a man falling off a penny-farthing bicycle while a woman rides another one. The illustration is signed "BUFFORD BOSTON." The card encourages customers to "GIVE THEM A CALL." 3.

This trade card advertises E. J. Levy & Co., a dry goods and notions business located at 213 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia. The company sold ladies' and children's underwear, among other items. The card features a vibrant color lithographic illustration of a young boy in a yellow hat and blue outfit riding a whimsical bicycle with two large egg-shaped wheels, set against a natural landscape background. The design is typical of late 19th-century advertising.

Trade card advertising the dry goods and artistic millinery of M. Oppenheimer in Milton, Pennsylvania. The card features an illustration of two boys riding Star Braid bicycles. Circa 1885.

Trade card advertising Palm, Fechteler & Co.'s bicycle ornaments. The card boasts that their transfer ornaments are "better, cheaper, more ornamental, and lighter" than metal plates. The card lists two addresses: No. 3 West 13th Street near 5th Ave., NYC, and No. 45 La Salle Street, Chicago. Circa 1885.