This is a cartoon from 1899 featuring The Cycling Girl that had [still has - just look at this blog] such a massive impact on society. The text reads:
"The Holy Antonius' Last and Greatest Temptation". A cycling girl offering him a ride on a new-fangled tandem bicycle. The man was sold.
Vintage Danish Tuborg beer advert featuring, yet again, the iconic cycling girl.
"A Tuborg tastes lovely on a bicycle ride!"
This latter advert features in a new exhibition at the Copenhagen City Museum called Copenhagen by Bike. All about the history of the bicycle in Copenhagen. I was involved in the exhibition and have a number of photos in it. You can read more about it here on Copenhagenize.com, including how to get there if you're in Copenhagen. It runs until June 2010.
I wish I could ride a bike =)
ReplyDeleteSee my post about ladies on bikes: http://cecylia.com/2009/10/i-wish-i-could-ride-a-bike/
The first one reminds me of a classic cycling poster with a cycling maiden in the woods sorely tempting a holy ascetic to leave his vocation. I wish I could find it again!
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