Les cycles et cyclos La Perle — L’Officiel du cycle, 2 October 1954, from « Deux-Roues » 1955

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 2 October 1954, the paper’s special number before the 1954 Paris Salon du Cycle et du Motocycle, page 147: the survey “Deux-Roues 1955” on the La Perle cycles and cyclomoteurs, whose sporting director is Francis Pélissier: a series of baby, child, utility, touring and racing bicycles, and the Vap cyclomoteur. 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 et cyclos LA PERLE

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The editor calls La Perle a very popular marque whose sporting director is Francis PÉLISSIER, still one of the most brilliant specialists of the bicycle. On that basis the firm shows a splendid and complete series of machines in the Baby, child, utility, touring and racing types.]

[Ebykr summary, after the photograph. The firm also makes a cyclomoteur, the Vap D T type 1954 with a 48 cm3 engine, which the editor calls powerful, sturdy (all special reinforced tubes), practical (engine and carburetor immediately accessible, the crankcase covers being fixed without bolts and so removable at once) and elegant (very carefully studied proportions).]

[A text article under a heavy bold sans-serif headline that opens with a star and reads “Les cycles et cyclos LA PERLE”, the marque name in capitals. A five-line paragraph of roman text sits below it, with the first line indented. A wide halftone photograph beneath it shows a cyclomoteur in side view against a pale blurred backdrop, with its front wheel at the left and its rear wheel at the right. It has a small pennant on the front fender lettered “LA PERLE”, a long tank set along the frame lettered “LA PERLE” on a slant, a curved crankcase cover low on the frame lettered “LA PERLE”, a telescopic front fork, a saddle, a rear carrier above a fender, pedals and a kick stand. The photograph has no caption. A second five-line paragraph of roman text under the photograph describes the cyclomoteur. No artist signature or agency mark shows.]