Les cycles Origan — L’Officiel du cycle, 19 September 1953, Bicycles of Every Type under La Confiance and Origan

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 19 September 1953, N° 39, the paper’s Salon number du Cycle at the Porte de Versailles, page 121: ‘Les cycles Origan’: bicycles of all types under La Confiance and Origan: normal, comfort, children’s, touring, grand touring, carrier, cyclosport, semi-racing, tubular racing, track and tandem; photograph of a folding ‘vélo-valise’. 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 cycles ORIGAN

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The Origan cycle manufactory, of Fontenay-le-Comte, produces bicycles of every type under its two marques, La Confiance and Origan. Under the first the notice lists the normal and comfort series; under the second it lists the children’s, touring (tourisme), grand touring, carrier (porteur), cyclosport, semi-racing (demi-course), tubular-tire racing (course à boyaux), track (piste) and tandem series. A photograph of a small-wheeled folding bicycle follows. The closing paragraph recalls the “vélo-valise” described in the magazine’s columns the year before, which it calls a very ingenious piece of work.]

[A text-and-photograph notice in a single justified column, set in roman type with the marque names in italic. The heading “Les cycles ORIGAN” stands at the upper right in a heavy bold sans-serif. A halftone photograph in a thin ruled frame, centered between the second and third paragraphs, shows a folding bicycle with small wheels seen from its right side against a plain pale ground: a plain saddle on a long seat post, a tall steering column with a single flat handlebar, a diagonal frame hinged near the middle, a chain guard, a rear luggage rack and a bag-like rear carrier. Faint type from the reverse of the leaf shows through the pale ground of the photograph. No signature appears. A small star ornament closes the notice at the foot.]