Columbia 1940 Advertisement — Mt. Vernon Cycle and Sport Shop, Sensational Bicycle Reductions: Close Out on Famous Columbia Bicycles, Regularly $45, Now $29.50

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    Source: Chronicling America, Library of Congress. The Washington Daily News (Washington, D.C.), 1940-05-16, page 34. The advertisement is cropped from the newspaper page; digitized by Library of Congress.

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    MarqueColumbia
    TypeAdvertisement
    Year1940
    PublisherMt. Vernon Cycle & Sport Shop
    CountryUnited States
    LanguageEnglish
    Pages1
    SourceChronicling America, Library of Congress. The Washington Daily News (Washington, D.C.), 1940-05-16, page 34. The advertisement is cropped from the newspaper page; digitized by Library of Congress.
    CreditLibrary of Congress
    IdentifierChronicling America sn82016181/1940-05-16/ed-1/seq-34
    TranscriptionTranscribed by eye
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    Mt. Vernon Cycle & Sport Shop. Columbia 1940 Advertisement: Mt. Vernon Cycle and Sport Shop, Sensational Bicycle Reductions: Close Out on Famous Columbia Bicycles, Regularly $45, Now $29.50. 1940. Ebykr, https://ebykr.com/library/columbia-mt-vernon-cycle-shop-advertisement/.

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    Page 34 THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940 SENSATIONAL BICYCLE REDUCTIONS! Close Out on Famous Columbia Bicycles Reg. $45 $29.50 AT 4938 WISC. AVE. STORE ONLY Exclusive agent for Dayton Bicycles—also Iver Johnson agent—Two of the finest and best American made bicycles—quality & style—Ask your Dad—he knows—Liberal allow-on your old bike. Rebuilt Bicycles, …

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    Page 34 THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940 [the running head stands at the top of the page and is not in the cropped scan]
    SENSATIONAL
    BICYCLE
    REDUCTIONS!
    [Drawing: a boy and a girl ride balloon-tire bicycles side by side, waving.]
    Close Out on Famous Columbia Bicycles
    Reg. $45
    $29.50
    AT 4938 WISC. AVE. STORE ONLY
    Exclusive agent for Dayton Bicycles—also Iver Johnson agent—Two of the finest and best American made bicycles—quality & style—Ask your Dad—he knows—Liberal allow-on [sic] your old bike.
    Rebuilt Bicycles, $9.95 up
    MT. VERNON
    CYCLE & SPORT SHOP
    738 9th STREET N. W.
    4938 WISC. AVE. N. W.

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