Columbia 1946 Advertisement — Putnam Hardware Company, Bicycles: Famous Columbia Bicycles in Both Boys’ and Girls’ Styles at $36.95

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    Source: Chronicling America, Library of Congress. Putnam Patriot (Putnam, Conn.), 1946-01-10, page 3. The advertisement is cropped from the newspaper page; digitized by The Connecticut State Library.

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    MarqueColumbia
    TypeAdvertisement
    Year1946
    PublisherPutnam Hardware Company
    CountryUnited States
    LanguageEnglish
    Pages1
    SourceChronicling America, Library of Congress. Putnam Patriot (Putnam, Conn.), 1946-01-10, page 3. The advertisement is cropped from the newspaper page; digitized by The Connecticut State Library.
    CreditConnecticut State Library
    IdentifierChronicling America sn84022396/1946-01-10/ed-1/seq-3
    TranscriptionTranscribed by eye
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    Putnam Hardware Company. Columbia 1946 Advertisement: Putnam Hardware Company, Bicycles: Famous Columbia Bicycles in Both Boys' and Girls' Styles at $36.95. 1946. Ebykr, https://ebykr.com/library/columbia-putnam-hardware-advertisement/.

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    Putnam HARDWARE Company 134-136 Main St. — Tel. 1488 — Putnam, Conn. BICYCLES Famous Columbia Bicycles in both boys' and girls' styles. The name Columbia is synonymous with quality and durability in bicycles . . . nationally advertised and nationally accepted as the last word in cycling. Come in today and get yours. 36.95

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    Putnam
    HARDWARE
    Company
    134-136 Main St. — Tel. 1488 — Putnam, Conn.
    [Drawing: a boy and a man in a hat ride bicycles side by side, the man waving; the boy’s bicycle has a front basket; a factory with smoking chimneys stands behind them.]
    BICYCLES
    Famous Columbia Bicycles in both boys’ and girls’ styles. The name Columbia is synonymous with quality and durability in bicycles . . . nationally advertised and nationally accepted as the last word in cycling. Come in today and get yours.
    36.95
    [The advertisement continues below the crop with automobile seat covers (Yes . . . They’re Here!) and a special, which are not bicycles.]

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