General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length

86.1 cm

Width

70.8 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

CCM

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

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. IT DEALS WITH PROMOTION OF PRODUCTS OF CANADA CYCLE & MOTORCO. LTD, LARGEST MFR. & SUPPLIER OF BICYCLES IN CANADA FROM 1899 UNTIL 1950'S.

Function

POSTER FUNCTIONING AS COMMUNICATION FROM BICYCLE MFR. INTENDED FOR RETAILERS, TO SUGGEST APPROACHES TO MARKETING FORMER'S PRODUCTS.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLUE & RED LETTERING READING "C.C.M./ IS AGAIN BACKING/ YOU UP WITH A STRONG/ ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN", "C.C.M./ ADVERTISING/ IN/ RURAL/ CANADA", "TOTAL/ CIRCULATION/ IN/ FARM PUBLICATIONS/ 944,745", "1945 ADVERTISING SCHEDULE", "These Advertisements are appearing in newspapers and farm/ papers with a combined circulation of 3,604,832/ conveying a total of 18,039,745"/ LETTER TO DEALER DATED APRIL, 1945 FROM CANADA CYCLE & MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED/ BLACK TYPED LETTERING READING "MR. Ernest C. Piehl, Tavistock, Ontario"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

WHITE GROUND WITH BLUE & RED PRINTING

Decoration

BLUE LINE DRAWINGS DEPICTING BICYCLES IN USE IN RURAL CANADA