Les pédales et roues libres Landon — L’Officiel du cycle, 1 October 1955, the Éclair Parts from Sury-le-Comtal

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 1 October 1955, N° 20, the paper’s special number before the Salon du Cycle at the Porte de Versailles, page 37: landon pedals (26 models), freewheels and 3-speed hubs, small-cone hubs, cranks for all models and for cyclomoteurs, sprockets, double chainrings 45 to 50 teeth; marque Eclair. 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 LANDON Père et Fils.

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The notice begins by saying that in 1930 M. Landon père, described as a shrewd and respected industrialist, took over the direction of the large factory at Sury-le-Comtal, founded in 1907. Helped by his son, M. Jean Landon, he very quickly made it one of the most important in the country. The Établissements Landon Père et Fils now occupy a considerable [the sentence breaks at the end of the column, mid-word “consi-“].]

[A short strip of editorial text only, cut from the foot of a magazine column. A bold roman heading, “Les productions LANDON Père et Fils.”, is aligned to the right above a paragraph set mostly in italic, with small capitals for the surname Landon and a few words of the paragraph in bold roman at the end of the last line. There is no drawing, photograph, signature or agency mark, and no text from the reverse of the leaf shows through.]

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[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. This image holds the end of the Landon notice, opening mid-word (“dérable, 15.000 m2 dont 7.000 couverts”) and closing the account of the works: the factory covers a considerable 15,000 square meters, of which 7,000 are under cover, and employs 225 workers. The author credits a model organization and perfected tooling for the firm’s growth and reputation, says its products are appreciated in France and abroad and that the house exports a large share, and asks whether that is not a serious reference for its marque Éclair. A last paragraph, opening “Voici un simple aperçu des spécialités LANDON Père et Fils”, lists the range: pedals (26 models); single freewheels and 3-speed freewheels; hubs with small cones and a child model; cranks of every model and a crank for cyclomotors; chainwheel sprockets and double chainrings of 45 to 50 teeth, interchangeable, all described as articles of studied, quality manufacture.]

[Text only, set in a single magazine column. The opening and the closing words of the sentences are in a bold sans-serif face, including “dérable, 15.000 m2 dont 7.000 couverts, et réunissent 225 ou” and “simple aperçu des spécialités”, while the rest is in a light italic roman face with a swash “p” and “f”. The name LANDON is set in small capitals within a bold line and Éclair carries an accented capital. The paragraph is indented at “Voici un simple aperçu”. Beneath the last line the top of a solid black round dot, the mark that closes a notice, just enters the lower edge. There is no drawing and no signature.]