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Roadmaster 1941 Advertisement — Lansburgh’s Toytown One-Day Bike Special: Roadmaster Bicycles for Boys and Girls, Regular $28.95, Monday Only $24.99
Source: Chronicling America, Library of Congress. The Sunday Star (Washington, D.C.), cataloged as The Evening Star, 1941-11-23, page A-14. The advertisement is cropped from the newspaper page; digitized by Library of Congress.
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| Marque | Roadmaster |
|---|---|
| Type | Advertisement |
| Year | 1941 |
| Publisher | Lansburgh's |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 1 |
| Source | Chronicling America, Library of Congress. The Sunday Star (Washington, D.C.), cataloged as The Evening Star, 1941-11-23, page A-14. The advertisement is cropped from the newspaper page; digitized by Library of Congress. |
| Credit | Library of Congress |
| Identifier | Chronicling America sn83045462/1941-11-23/ed-1/seq-14 |
| Transcription | Transcribed by eye |
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Lansburgh's. Roadmaster 1941 Advertisement: Lansburgh's Toytown One-Day Bike Special: Roadmaster Bicycles for Boys and Girls, Regular $28.95, Monday Only $24.99. 1941. Ebykr, https://ebykr.com/library/roadmaster-lansburghs-toytown-advertisement/.
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A—14 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 23, 1941. Lansburgh's — 7th, 8th and E Sts. — NAtional 9800 FOR A MERRIE CHRISTMAS ONE-DAY "BIKE" SPECIAL in our Enlarged Fifth Floor TOYTOWN For Boys and Girls! Regular 28.95 ROADMASTER BICYCLES "There'll be nice going," said Santa when he picked this one day special. And …
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A—14 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 23, 1941. [the running head stands at the top of the page and is not in the cropped scan]
[A tilted sign with Santa Claus, whose sash reads 81st YEAR:] Lansburgh’s — 7th, 8th and E Sts. — NAtional 9800
FOR A MERRIE CHRISTMAS
ONE-DAY “BIKE” SPECIAL in our Enlarged Fifth Floor
TOYTOWN
[Drawing: a boy and a girl stand with their bicycles, a boy’s double-bar balloon-tire bicycle and a girl’s bicycle; a Community Chest badge, Give Today, stands above them.]
For Boys and Girls! Regular 28.95
ROADMASTER BICYCLES
“There’ll be nice going,” said Santa when he picked this one day special. And naturally knowing EVERYTHING about toys he specified Roadmaster. For boys a bright red finish. For girls a gay blue.
Both styles in Major model with exclusive master-weld frame (Cleveland Welding Corporation product). Has double thickness at points of strain providing unusual protection. Double bar frame, balloon tires, Troxel double coil spring saddle, rear reflector button, New Departure coaster brakes.
LANSBURGH’S—Toytown—Fifth Floor
24.99
MONDAY ONLY
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[At the left, not a bicycle: A New Member of the “Magic Skin” Family, “SQUEEZEE” CRY-BABY, 3.98, a doll, with two drawings of what she does. At the top edge the feet of the figures in the advertisement above are cut by the crop.]
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