| THE START OF COMPETITION CYCLING, Image of 3 Racers on High Wheel Bicycles (aka Ordinaries or Penny-Farthings) |
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Item# SportcastinCd-C591 [SportcastinCd-C591]
Categories: Cards-SPORTSCASTING, | |
 | | Since Howie Cohen's passing, no items are for sale. | | The text on the back of this card is in English and includes some information about the history & evolution of Bicycle Racing. Mentioned are some of the early competitors including; John Mayall, Leotard, James Moore, Rynner Van Neste, Kahn, George Pilkington Mills, Henri Desgrange, Doods, Leon Houa, Robert Protin, J.Michael, Joseph Fischer, E. Prevost, Maurice Garin, Giovanni Gerbi, Lucien Petit-Breton, Gustave Garrigou, Luigi Ganna, Paul Deman, Max Bulla, Gustave Deloor, Philemon Demeersman, Gerrit Peters and Frederic de Civry. The image on the front is of an 1884 poster with Frederic de Civry in the foreground. Sportscaster cards were released in several countries and languages around the world in the late 1970s. The dimensions are 4 3/4 x 6 1/4. |
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