Le vélo est si peu mort en France que les cyclistes sont encore 12 millions, drawn by Gédovius — L’Officiel du cycle, 2 October 1954

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 159: a page of line drawings by Gédovius under the headline that the bicycle is so little dead in France that cyclists are still twelve million, with ten riders, from the child and the farmer to the telegraph boy, the tourist and the night watchman. 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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* Le vélo est si peu mort en France que
LES CYCLISTES SONT ENCORE
12 MILLIONS

L’ENFANT

LE CULTIVATEUR

L’ADOLESCENT

Voir la statis-
tique complète
en page 161

Le TÉLÉGRAPHISTE

LE LIVREUR

LA TOURISTE

LE CAMPEUR

par Gédovius

LE VIGILE

L’OUVRIER

ILS UTILISENT
TOUS
LA BICYCLETTE

[A full page of line drawings with a headline, printed page 159. A stepped ruled frame at the top holds the headline in bold italic sans-serif type: a small asterisk-like star and the first line “Le vélo est si peu mort en France que” in lowercase, then “LES CYCLISTES SONT ENCORE” and “12 MILLIONS” in capitals, each set to the right on its own step of the frame. Nine cyclists are drawn in clean line engraving with fine hatching for clothes and shadow, each seen from slightly above and in front, riding toward the viewer, and each is named by a small label in light italic capitals set in an open bracket with an arrowhead at each end that points to the figure. A small boy in short trousers rides a child’s bicycle with stabilizer wheels (L’ENFANT). A mustached farmer in a soft hat and loose trousers rides a plain bicycle with a bundle strapped over the rear wheel (LE CULTIVATEUR). A youth in a striped pullover and shorts rides a sports bicycle with a saddle and lamp (L’ADOLESCENT). A young man in a peaked cap and jacket with a shoulder bag rides a bicycle with a rear carrier (Le TÉLÉGRAPHISTE). A uniformed delivery boy in a peaked cap rides a bicycle that carries a flat tray on the front holding two tied parcels (LE LIVREUR). A girl with a ponytail rides a bicycle loaded with two large saddlebags and a rolled bundle (LA TOURISTE). A boy in a beret and round spectacles rides a bicycle hung with four bags and a small pennant (LE CAMPEUR). A worker in a check cap with a strap across his chest and a bundle on his hip rides a plain bicycle (L’OUVRIER). A man in a peaked cap and a heavy hatched cape rides a bicycle with a front lamp (LE VIGILE). Three ruled rectangles carry bold italic sans-serif type: one holds “Voir la statistique complète en page 161” in three lines, broken as “statis-” and “tique”, one holds “par Gédovius” in bold italic with a script-like p, and a larger one holds “ILS UTILISENT TOUS LA BICYCLETTE” in capitals on three lines. The signature “par Gédovius” appears in its own box at the right of the page. No firm address or agency mark shows.]