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The Wheelwoman 13 February 1897 Cover — Society Cycling News, Volume II, No. 39, with the Centaur Cycle Co. Advertisement
Source: bulgier.net (Mark Bulgier's catalog archive), an image posted in April 2001 (no scanner named); a photographed slide, the frame cut away; enlarged for Ebykr. The scan is the host's 1,024-pixel copy; a larger original may exist at Gallica, the Library of Congress or HathiTrust.
About this document
| Type | Cover |
|---|---|
| Year | 1897 |
| Publisher | The Wheelwoman |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 1 |
| Source | bulgier.net (Mark Bulgier's catalog archive), an image posted in April 2001 (no scanner named); a photographed slide, the frame cut away; enlarged for Ebykr. The scan is the host's 1,024-pixel copy; a larger original may exist at Gallica, the Library of Congress or HathiTrust. |
| Credit | Ebykr archive |
| Identifier | Permalink http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Posters%27n%27Art/1897_%27Wheelwoman%27.jpg |
| Transcription | Transcribed by eye |
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THE WHEELWOMAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1897. FRY'S COCOA "STRONGEST AND BEST."—Health PURE CONCENTRATED The Wheelwoman & SOCIETY CYCLING NEWS A Journal for Lady Cyclists With which is incorporated The Sportswoman. VOL. II.] SUBSCRIPTION 5s. PER ANNUM, POST FREE. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1897. ONE PENNY. [No. 39. THE CENTAURS Have set a Fashion to the World. …
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THE WHEELWOMAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1897.
FRY’S COCOA
“STRONGEST AND BEST.”—Health
PURE CONCENTRATED
The Wheelwoman
& SOCIETY CYCLING NEWS
A Journal for Lady Cyclists
With which is incorporated The Sportswoman.
[REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O. AS A NEWSPAPER.]
VOL. II.] SUBSCRIPTION 5s. PER ANNUM, POST FREE.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1897.
ONE PENNY.
[No. 39.
THE CENTAURS
Have set a Fashion to the World. . . .
CENTAURS—
Are again to the Front.
CAN BE FITTED WITH FLEUSS TYRES WHEN DESIRED.
CENTAUR CYCLE CO., LTD.,
COVENTRY.
Established 1876.
H. G. THOMAS’S Open-air and Indoor Cycling School, 115a, Ebury St., S.W.
OPEN DA[IL]Y FROM [?] A.M. TO [?] P.M.
[A green cover printed in dark green. FRY’S COCOA is set in heavy capitals on each side of the dateline at the top. The title The Wheelwoman is lettered in a ruled panel between two women in leg-of-mutton sleeves, each beside a bicycle, with the sub-title and the journal’s line beneath. The rest of the page is one advertisement, THE CENTAURS, in a ruled frame, and a foot line for a cycling school in Ebury Street. The foot line is blurred at its last words, where the opening hours are given.]
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