1950's Antique Columbia Torpedo Bicycle Bike Poster OLD

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No Reserve. We have two different old vintage early Columbia bike posters up now, found together years ago. PLEASE also see my other items to see the other Columbia poster #2.I will combine shipping to one price on the two posters. This is an original vintage fifties design American advertising poster for the famous 19th & 20th century New England bicycle company, Columbia. Columbia was originally founded in 1877 by Colonel Albert Pope and established itself as a premier bicycle manufacturer that became known as America's First Bicycle, in Westfield , Massachusetts , in Hampden County. The poster is entitled "Columbia Torpedo, Sleek Good Looks at Moderate Price". It is a beautiful brightly colored fifties poster showing a photo or photograph of 2 teens on their spiffy new Columbia Torpedo bicycles: a new blue Torpedo for women or girls, and the Red Torpedo for men or boys.They have typical fifties look, vintage clothing, him in white socks and penny loafers, herin a shorts outfit. They look to be in florida, possibly at a golf course, with yachts and boats in the back, tropical location. I have had this poster in my collection for 15 years, as well as the other one which is up for auction now too. The condition is very clean and good, folded in half as it was probably done for sending, very few scrapes,a few dents, but clean, bright read more

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