Onoto November 1952 Advertisement — The 46th year of manufacture: 30 bicycle and tandem models, 5 cyclomoteurs, 3 vélomoteurs

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1906 — 46e ANNÉE DE FABRICATION — 1952

Cycles – Tandems – Cyclomoteurs – Vélomoteurs ONOTO

Agents qui ne connaissez pas ONOTO… Dans votre intérêt, vous devez connaître la production de ses deux usines

30 modèles de bicyclettes et tandems ;
5 modèles de cyclomoteurs, 3 de vélomoteurs.

Une qualité… la meilleure.
Une présentation soignée.
Des prix qui vous facilitent vos ventes.

POURQUOI ???

Vous serez fixés en demandant les tarifs aux
Établissements ONOTO, à Dôle (Jura)

Dès 1938, nos usines étaient déjà installées avec un équipement moderne pour une production de 125 bicyclettes par jour

[A wide ruled advertisement in black and white inside a heavy border. Across the top the years “1906” and “1952”, each over a short dash, stand at the two ends of the centered words “46e ANNÉE DE FABRICATION”, which are underlined and set in spaced roman capitals. A headline in heavy italic sans-serif type lists the product lines and ends with the name “ONOTO” in very heavy round capitals. Beneath it a line of tall condensed type addresses agents. A column of text in the middle is set in bold roman, italic and heavy sans-serif faces, with “POURQUOI ???” centered in spaced capitals. At the left a line drawing with fine hatching and black shadow shows a motor-assisted bicycle in side view with the front wheel to the left: a tank-shaped panel lies along the frame, a small engine sits beneath it in front of the crank, and the bicycle has a lamp, a saddle with springs, dropped handlebars and a rear carrier. A thin ground line runs beneath it, and the small signature “L. SAMSO” followed by tiny letters too small to read stands just above the line at the left. At the right a second drawing in the same manner shows a lady’s step-through version with a lamp on the fork, a rear carrier and the engine low in the frame, standing on its own ground line. A line of italic type across the foot closes the panel. No other signature is visible.]

[This advertisement shares page 54 of L’Officiel du cycle with advertisements for André Bertin and Union, each held here as its own record, and one for Pfohl.]