Les productions Dumalux — L’Officiel du cycle, 1 November 1952, Light-Alloy Mudguards and Tool Bags

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 1 November 1952, N° 44, the paper’s number reporting on the Salon du Cycle at the Porte de Versailles, pages 55 and 56: les productions DUMALUX: light-alloy cycling equipment, mudguards and tool bags; two mudguard drawings, type Paris (grand luxe faceted) and type Riviera (smooth luxe). The title, headings, captions and lists are transcribed as printed; the text is summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page images carry it in full.

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Les productions DUMALUX

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The Établissements Dumalux of Angoulême (Établissements C. Dumont) specialize in making cycling equipment in first-quality light alloys, and more especially mudguards (garde-boue) and tool bags (trousses à outils). The notice then lists their main products, beginning with the two mudguards below.]

Garde-boue type « Paris » (modèle grand luxe à facettes).

Garde-boue type « Riviera » (modèle luxe lisse).

[A text-only opening followed by two ruled line-engraving drawings, each in a thin rectangular frame, each followed by a caption in italic type that begins with a dash. The heading stands at the head in upright roman type with wide letter spacing, with DUMALUX in heavier capitals, and the running text beneath is italic roman type with the firm’s name in small capitals. The upper drawing shows a curved mudguard seen from above and the side, rising to the left with its front end flared, a twisted rope-like bead along its upper edge, a faceted ribbed surface and a looped wire stay with a small bolt and two thin stay rods running down; shading is by fine hatching with heavy black shadows. The lower drawing shows a second curved mudguard, with a smooth surface of long parallel lines and a plain edge, its flared end at the upper right, held by a looped wire stay and bolt and a stay rod running down. No firm address, signature or agency mark appears beyond the text.]

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— Garde-boue type « cyclomoteur » (modèle lisse).

— Trousse à outils (métal poli ou avec nervures couleur émail au jour).

[Ebykr summary, the closing paragraph of the notice. The text says that all these articles are marked by their lightness, their strength and the finish of their presentation, which have led many builders to adopt them, and it gives the firm’s slogan: « Dumalux, le garde-boue des grandes marques ».]

[A ruled illustration panel of two line-engraving drawings, each in its own thin rectangular frame, with an italic caption beneath each. The upper drawing shows a smooth curved mudguard seen from above, sweeping up from the lower left to a flared end at the upper right, with a small knurled bolt and a short stud on its crown; it is drawn in fine hatching with heavy black shadows. The lower drawing shows a rounded, capsule-shaped tool bag lying on its side, its lid marked with long lengthwise ribs and held shut by a central catch with two small loops below; it is drawn in cross-hatching with solid black shading. The captions and the closing paragraph are set in italic roman type with each caption beginning with a dash. No firm name, address, signature or agency mark appears.]