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Gamble’s 1943 Advertisement — Hiawatha Bicycles: a New Lightweight Bicycle, Weight About One Half of Pre-War Bicycle, Reduced from $31.95 to $25.95
Source: Chronicling America, Library of Congress. The Glasgow Courier (Glasgow, Mont.), 1943-11-18, page 2. The advertisement is cropped from the newspaper page; digitized by The Montana Historical Society.
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| Marque | Gamble's |
|---|---|
| Type | Advertisement |
| Year | 1943 |
| Publisher | Gamble's |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 1 |
| Source | Chronicling America, Library of Congress. The Glasgow Courier (Glasgow, Mont.), 1943-11-18, page 2. The advertisement is cropped from the newspaper page; digitized by The Montana Historical Society. |
| Credit | Montana Historical Society |
| Identifier | Chronicling America sn85042379/1943-11-18/ed-1/seq-2 |
| Transcription | Transcribed by eye |
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Gamble's. Gamble's 1943 Advertisement: Hiawatha Bicycles: a New Lightweight Bicycle, Weight About One Half of Pre-War Bicycle, Reduced from $31.95 to $25.95. 1943. Ebykr, https://ebykr.com/library/gambles-hiawatha-lightweight-advertisement/.
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Page 2 — THE GLASGOW COURIER — Nov. 18, 1943 Hiawatha Bicycles Now is your chance to own a new lightweight bicycle at a special price. Features of the bicycle: WEIGHT ABOUT ONE HALF OF PRE-WAR BICYCLE. NEW DEPARTURE COASTER BRAKE COMFORTABLE, LIGHT-WEIGHT SADDLE NEW GOVERNMENT-APPROVED TIRES BALL-BEARING TREAD PEDALS Regular Price, $31.95. Reduced to …
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Page 2 — THE GLASGOW COURIER — Nov. 18, 1943 [the running head stands at the top of the page; the page is Gamble’s full-page sale advertisement, with the Gamble’s name in the masthead and the footer, GAMBLE’S THE FRIENDLY STORES; neither is in the cropped scan]
[Drawing: a young man in a zip jacket and tie stands astride a bicycle with upright handlebars and fenders.]
Hiawatha Bicycles
Now is your chance to own a new lightweight bicycle at a special price.
Features of the bicycle:
WEIGHT ABOUT ONE HALF OF PRE-WAR BICYCLE.
NEW DEPARTURE COASTER BRAKE
COMFORTABLE, LIGHT-WEIGHT SADDLE
NEW GOVERNMENT-APPROVED TIRES
BALL-BEARING TREAD PEDALS
Regular Price, $31.95. Reduced to ………. $25.95
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