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Source: Chronicling America, Library of Congress. The Washington Daily News (Washington, D.C.), 1941-11-27, page 29. The advertisement is cropped from the newspaper page; digitized by Library of Congress.
| Marque | Rollfast |
|---|---|
| Type | Advertisement |
| Year | 1941 |
| Publisher | Sport Center |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 1 |
| Source | Chronicling America, Library of Congress. The Washington Daily News (Washington, D.C.), 1941-11-27, page 29. The advertisement is cropped from the newspaper page; digitized by Library of Congress. |
| Credit | Library of Congress |
| Identifier | Chronicling America sn82016181/1941-11-27/ed-1/seq-29 |
| Transcription | Transcribed by eye |
Reference
Sport Center. Rollfast 1941 Advertisement: Sport Center, Boys' and Girls' Rollfast Super Lightweight Bicycles: English Type, English Hand Brakes, Free Wheeling, $34.95. 1941. Ebykr, https://ebykr.com/library/rollfast-sport-center-super-lightweight-advertisement/.
Wikipedia
{{cite web |title=Rollfast 1941 Advertisement: Sport Center, Boys' and Girls' Rollfast Super Lightweight Bicycles: English Type, English Hand Brakes, Free Wheeling, $34.95 |publisher=Sport Center |date=1941 |url=https://ebykr.com/library/rollfast-sport-center-super-lightweight-advertisement/ |website=Ebykr |access-date=}}THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1941 Page 29 BOYS' & GIRLS' ROLLFAST Super Lightweight Bicycles English type lightweight bicycles, genuine Philco English hand brakes, chrome rims, high pressure tires, free wheeling unit. Several colors. $34.95
THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1941 Page 29 [the running head stands at the top of the page; the page is the Sport Center’s full-page advertisement, signed SPORT CENTER, 8th & D Streets N.W., Washington’s Largest Sporting Goods Store, under the heading Make It A Sporting Christmas; neither is in the cropped scan]
[Drawing of a man’s lightweight bicycle with a sprung saddle, upturned handlebars with brake levers, mudguards and a chain guard.]
BOYS’ & GIRLS’
ROLLFAST
Super Lightweight Bicycles
English type lightweight bicycles, genuine Philco English hand brakes, chrome rims, high pressure tires, free wheeling unit. Several colors.
$34.95
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