New America. ca. 1897.
Artist: G. FAURE-LAUBARÈDE
Size: 49 1/2 x 38 3/4 in./ 125.7 x 98.5 cm
Condition: B/ Slight tears and stains at folds and edges.
Printer: L. Lévy, Bordeaux
Reference: Ref: PAI-XXXII, 307
Key Words: Art Nouveau; Black Images; Bicycles; Animals; Children
New America. ca. 1897.
Based on the caricatures seen here, one could imagine that Tiger and Old Hickory are slanderous slurs—but, in fact, they are the names of two American bicycle manufacturers: Old Hickory Cycle Company was in business from 1897-1898 in Chicago; three separate manufacturers in Freeport, Illinois; Dayton, Ohio; and Greenfield, Massachusetts worked under the name Tiger, which might explain the "Tiger against Tiger" reference here. We hope the human Tiger makes it out of this strange race unscathed.
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Artist: G. FAURE-LAUBARÈDE
Size: 49 1/2 x 38 3/4 in./ 125.7 x 98.5 cm
Condition: B/ Slight tears and stains at folds and edges.
Printer: L. Lévy, Bordeaux
Reference: Ref: PAI-XXXII, 307
Key Words: Art Nouveau; Black Images; Bicycles; Animals; Children
New America. ca. 1897.
Based on the caricatures seen here, one could imagine that Tiger and Old Hickory are slanderous slurs—but, in fact, they are the names of two American bicycle manufacturers: Old Hickory Cycle Company was in business from 1897-1898 in Chicago; three separate manufacturers in Freeport, Illinois; Dayton, Ohio; and Greenfield, Massachusetts worked under the name Tiger, which might explain the "Tiger against Tiger" reference here. We hope the human Tiger makes it out of this strange race unscathed.
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