Alcyon 1911 Poster — Mich, the Winner Changes but the Bicycle Is Always an Alcyon

Poster 1911 2 pages France

Source: Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France), ark:/12148/bd6t5257514x, via the Wikimedia Commons copy

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MarqueAlcyon
TypePoster
Year1911
PublisherImp. G. Elleaume, 10 rue de Buci, Paris
ArtistMich
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Pages2
SourceGallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France), ark:/12148/bd6t5257514x, via the Wikimedia Commons copy
CreditBibliothèque nationale de France
IdentifierGallica (BnF) ark:/12148/bd6t5257514x
TranscriptionTranscribed by eye

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LA TÊTE DU VAINQUEUR CHANGE ! MAIS !! SA BICYCLETTE EST TOUJOURS UNE ALCYON TOUR DE FRANCE 1909 — FABER TOUR DE FRANCE 1910 — LAPIZE TOUR DE FRANCE 1911 — GARRIGOU 40 à 52, Rue de la Garenne, COURBEVOIE, Seine Mich Imp. G. ELLEAUME, 10, Rue de Buci, PARIS

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— Poster —
LA TÊTE
DU VAINQUEUR
CHANGE !
MAIS !!

SA
BICYCLETTE
EST
TOUJOURS
UNE

ALCYON

[On the three newspaper pages pinned on the rider’s back:]
TOUR DE FRANCE 1909 — FABER
TOUR DE FRANCE 1910 — LAPIZE
TOUR DE FRANCE 1911 — GARRIGOU

40 à 52, Rue de la Garenne, COURBEVOIE, Seine

[Signed at the lower left:] Mich
[Printed up the right margin:] Imp. G. ELLEAUME, 10, Rue de Buci, PARIS

[A cyclist in a blue jersey and black shorts rides a racing bicycle with red tires. A bouquet of roses sits at his shoulder, and a stack of three newspaper pages on his back carries a caricature of a mustached man’s face. Behind him lies a yellow map of France on a gray-green ground.]

[The second page is a second copy of the same sheet.]

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