Alcyon Poster — Abel-Petit, the Dove and Paris-Roubaix First: Sellier

Poster 1 page France

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MarqueAlcyon
TypePoster
PublisherAffiches Gaillard, Amiens and Paris
ArtistAbel-Petit
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Pages1
SourceGallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France), ark:/12148/bd6t5256586t, via the Wikimedia Commons copy
CreditBibliothèque nationale de France
IdentifierGallica (BnF) ark:/12148/bd6t5256586t
TranscriptionTranscribed by eye

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Alcyon La bicyclette qui mène ses Champions à la Victoire PARIS-ROUBAIX 1er — SELLIER sur Bicyclette Alcyon PNEUS DUNLOP Abel-Petit GAILLARD, AMIENS-PARIS.

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— Poster —
Alcyon

La bicyclette
qui mène ses
Champions
à la
Victoire

PARIS-ROUBAIX
1er
—
SELLIER
sur Bicyclette
Alcyon
PNEUS DUNLOP

[Signed at the lower left of the picture:] Abel-Petit
[Printed under the picture at the right:] GAILLARD, AMIENS-PARIS.

[A white dove carries an olive branch above a bunch of five racing cyclists in blue jerseys and caps who lean forward over their handlebars, on a dark blue ground. The lower half is cream with the lettering in dark blue inside a ruled frame.]

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