Duprat May 1953 Advertisement — Duprat professional cranks, treated and proven, the new Universal type, with two chainsets drawn

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Nouveau modèle
Type Universel

MANIVELLES
TRAITÉES ET ÉPROUVÉES
QUALITÉ

PROFESSIONNELS

A. DUPRAT, 48, rue de Champagne
— SAINT-ETIENNE —

[A ruled advertisement in black and white, a wide horizontal panel in a thin single rule. At the left a crank and chainring is drawn in fine line engraving, seen from the chain side: a toothed chainring with three spokes, a central boss, three bolt heads and a long crank arm ending in a round pedal eye, with a line of small lettering on the arm that cannot be read. A matching chainset is drawn at the right edge, a cut-out ring with scalloped inner edge, three bolted arms and a crank arm with a small maker’s plate. The caption “Nouveau modèle Type Universel” is set in small roman type on either side of the left crank arm. In the center “MANIVELLES” stands in widely spaced roman capitals above two lines of spaced capitals, then “PROFESSIONNELS” in condensed cream capitals on a black shield-shaped label with scalloped ends. The name “A. DUPRAT” is set in large bold roman capitals with the street address in bold lowercase beside it, and “— SAINT-ETIENNE —” in spaced capitals beneath. No signature or agency mark shows, and no text from the reverse of the leaf shows through.]

[This advertisement shares page 64 of L’Officiel du cycle with advertisements for A.C., Cholain and Gouverneur, each held here as its own record, and one for VAR.]