Les fabrications Tron et Berthet — L’Officiel du cycle, 19 September 1953, Idéale Racing Saddles and the Junior Saddle for Children

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 111: ‘Les fabrications Tron et Berthet’: Idéale racing saddles no. 59 (duralumin frame), no. 52 (instant removal) and no. 58 (cyclo-cross), and the Junior tan-sad for children; drawing of the Idéale 59 saddle. 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 fabrications TRON et BERTHET

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The notice introduces the Manufacture Tron et Berthet of Pont-Saint-Pierre (Eure) as specialists in bicycle saddlery, currently notable for a whole series of articles, of which it singles out the following in the “Courses” (racing) category under the “Idéale” marque.]

— Le n° 59, à monture duralumin, cuir à tannage lent à
l’écorce de chêne et rivets de cuivre bouterollés ;
— Le n° 52, à démontage instantané, ressorts acier haute résistance, un seul point d’attache au croissant, donnant souplesse et facilité de démontage ;
— Le n° 58, pour le cyclo-cross, à bec spécial breveté.

[Ebykr summary, after the list. The notice adds the “Junior” tan-sad for children, adaptable to the luggage carrier of any cycle or cyclomoteur, a product that the notice says has met a definite need.]

[Text with one ruled illustration. The heading “Les fabrications TRON et BERTHET” stands at the top right in bold roman type with the firm names in capitals. The notice is set in italic type, with Manufacture in upright roman and the firm names in small capitals. A wide rectangular panel with a thin black rule border sits across the full column under the first paragraph and shows a line-engraved and stippled drawing of a leather racing saddle seen from the side and slightly above, nose at the right, with a row of large round rivets along its edge and the metal frame and clamp showing beneath. Two oval stamped labels are drawn on the leather: a larger one reading “MADE IN FRANCE”, “IDEALE” and “PROFESSIONNEL” between a round “TB” disc on the left and a round “59” disc on the right, and a smaller one near the nose reading “CROUPON”, “1 Choix” and “TRAITÉ”. A signature reading “Rebour” in outlined hand lettering, with a flourish before the R, stands at the lower right of the saddle inside the panel. Below the panel the text continues as a dashed list of three saddle numbers followed by a closing paragraph, all in italic type.]