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The visual archive behind every article — 1,799 catalogued photographs, catalog scans, advertisements and drawings across 45 collections. Filter by collection, maker type, country or illustrator; every image opens full-size with a link back to the story it illustrates.

Catalogued images
1,799
and counting
Collections
45
marques, makers and illustrators
Largest collection
Ideale
168 catalogued images
Rebour plates
93
component drawings by the master
Collection
All 45Bianchi 152Colnago 106Automoto 105Ideale 98Mercier 98Legnano 93Caminade 87
More…Brooks 62Jo Routens 58De Rosa 55Masi 55Bridgestone 54Terrot 52Maury 50Maxi-Car 45Cinelli 40Stronglight 40Spécialités TA 38Mafac 37Alex Singer 35Hobbs of Barbican 34Hetchins 33Alvin Drysdale 31Peugeot 31Pierce 29Raleigh 27Unknown (France) 26Carlton 25Cavalieri 25Gitane 22Holdsworth 22Lefol 22Confente 19Mavic 19Le Chemineau 13Nagasawa 13Rene Herse 13Duralumin 12Goéland 12Rivendell 6Bayliss-Wiley 1Eddy Merckx 1
Type
All typesBicycle makers 1366Component makers 371Illustrators 43Other 55
Country
All countriesFrance 904Italy 539England 204Japan 67USA 56Belgium 1Other 29
Illustrator
Daniel Rebour 29Stefano Dragonetti 13Walter Molino 1

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1799 images — every one catalogued by collection, maker type and country
Pierce Cycles wordmark from the 1900 George N. Pierce Company cataloguePierceGeorge N. Pierce portrait in Buffalo, NY.PierceThe cover of the 1900 Pierce Cycles catalogue.PierceThe cover logo of the 1900 Pierce Cycles catalogue.PierceThe Pierce machine shop in Buffalo, 1907, with belt-driven lathes.PierceA Pierce Cycles advertisement citing champion Frank L. Kramer and the chain and chainless machines.PierceThe George N. Pierce Company works in Buffalo.PierceThe patented Pierce seat-post and handlebar binders.PierceA sectional view of the 1906 Pierce New Departure coaster brake.PierceThe 1906 chainless cushion-frame and spring-fork models at eighty dollars.PierceThe cover of the 1906 catalogue of The George N. Pierce Company.PierceA 1902 Pierce cushion-frame chainless bicycle with spring fork, the Pan-American Special.PierceA colour Pierce Cycles advertisement for 1901, A Study in Vibration.PierceThe storefront of H.L. Wilkens & Co., a Pierce Cycles dealer, with staff posed outside.PierceDiagrams of the Pierce cushion-frame chainless and chain frames.PierceThe 1900 catalogue presenting the Pierce Cushion Frame Chainless.PierceA sectional view of the Pierce cushion-frame chainless bevel-gear drive.PierceThe 1900 catalogue on the Pierce cushion frame.PierceSpecifications for the 1900 Pierce Chainless with Cushion Frame.PierceThe 1900 chainless cushion-frame models, men’s and women’s, at seventy-five dollars.PierceThe cover of the 1900 Pierce Cycles catalogue.PierceThe 1899 catalogue of The George N. Pierce Company.PierceAn 1899 advertisement for Pierce Special Bicycles, men’s and women’s models.PierceThe cover of the 1896 Pierce Cycles catalogue.PierceA Pierce Cycles advertisement in The Wheel, 1896.Pierce1909 Bianchi Motors Brochure Embossed Gilt Eagle4 1800pxBianchi1901 Pierce Cushion Frame Chainless bicycle with shaft drive and New Departure hub brake on museum displayPierceMuseum display case with a Frank Kramer Pierce Racer poster, an eagle banner and a Pierce track racing bicyclePiercePierce Cycles poster showing a woman riding a safety bicycle, Works Buffalo N.Y.PiercePierce head badge with Tried and True banner threaded by an arrowPierceSpécialités TA Pro 5 Vis Crank ArmsSpécialités TADuralumin Metal Du Cycle Advert 4000pxDuraluminLefol Logo Orange 1100pxLefolCarlton Featured2CarltonFive labeled chainwheel diagrams for time trialing, massed start, club riding, touring and track racing, each with its recommended tooth rangeSpécialités TACatalog page listing single, double and triple chainwheels with tooth counts and prices for road racing and track use, with a note that Riviere and Rousseau chose T.A.Spécialités TAWhimsical advertisement headlined Le Choix des Connaisseurs, a hand scatters a swirl of components beside the T MILLION DE COMBINAISONS tagline and Tevano logoSpécialités TAA Mercier Les Randonneurs touring bicycle catalog page for the RL10 and RL30 models, specification list crediting a Porte-bagages AV T.A. front rackSpécialités TAAdvertisement built around a giant cut out TA wordmark, with the Fifi mascot and callouts for cale-chaussures, bidon, ensemble pedalier and porte bidonSpécialités TAFrench language diagonal band advertisement for the bidon, cale-chaussures, porte-bidon and ensemble alliage leger crankset, all endorsed by J AnquetilSpécialités TAEnglish export advertisement with cartoon mascot Fifi and four inset photos of the bottle for racer, shoe plates, bottle cage and crank and chainwheels, all J Anquetil brandedSpécialités TAEnglish language advertisement headlined The great champions use T.A. naming Anquetil Janssen Stablinski Anglade Riviere and Meiffret beside a cartoon Fifi mascotSpécialités TAPeriod typographic advertisement listing the Guidgaine handlebar fitting plastic bidons cale-chaussures and duralumin adapter cranksets in sizes 160 to 180mmSpécialités TA1951 advertisement text-only announces the new TA alloy pedal alongside the firm's existing chainring plateaux couronnes and adaptor range, over a bold T.A. wordmarkSpécialités TA1978 Specialites Ta Tevano Crankset Advert2 1200pxSpécialités TASpecialites Ta Crankset Daniel Rebour Illustration2 1600pxSpécialités TARaleigh Naked Lady All Steel Bicycles 0advert 1800pxRaleighSpecialites Ta Logo 2110pxSpécialités TA

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Ideale168Bianchi159Colnago111Mercier107Automoto105Daniel Rebour93Legnano93Caminade87
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