General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER POSTER/ CARDBOARD BACKING/ PLASTIC COVERING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

72.2 cm

Width

58.2 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Cycles & cycling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Dunlop

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1910 +

Canada

ITEM WHICH REFLECTS HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY. ALSO IT IS PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION.

Function

LARGE ADVERTISEMENT USED TO PROMOTE PRODUCT, IN THIS CASE, BICYCLE TIRES.

Technical

IN LATE 1880S, SCOTTISH VETERINARIAN JOHN DUNLOP DEVELOPED PNEUMATIC RUBBER TIRE. THESE REVOLUTIONIZED BICYCLE, MAKING RECENTLY INTRODUCED SAFETY BICYCLE INTO FASTER, LIGHTER & MORE COMFORTABLE VEHICLE. IT WAS NOT LONGBEFORE ALL BICYCLES HAD PNEUMATIC TIRES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK OUTLINED WHITE LETTERING READS "DUNLOP/ BICYCLE TIRES"/ LIGHT BROWN LETTERING READS " Good Wheels, Good Tires, And a Joy Through The Summer Long"/ BLACK LETTERING ON LARGE TIRE READS "DUNLOP TRACTION TREAD"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

MULTICOLOURED IMAGE ON WITH WHITE BORDER

Decoration

IMAGE DEPICTS MALE & FEMALE CYCLISTS ON SAFETY CYCLES IN URBAN SEMI- INDUSTRIAL SETTING/ BLACK & WHITE TIRE BISECTS IMAGE/ BROWN & BLACK LINES AROUND EDGE OF IMAGE/ WHITE DUNLOP LOGO CONSISTING OF UPRAISED HANDS