This vintage magazine advertisement for Rock Island-Frisco Lines claims you can travel to Switzerland in a night. Well, not really, “but you can leave Chicago or St. Louis today and be in the Colorado Rockies tomorrow long before dinner. You can take the Rock Island to the Rockies, the only line with direct service to…
Archives for July 16, 2014
Victorian Advertising Card Lautz Soaps ~ Free Graphics
The front of this Victorian advertising card for Lautz Soaps features a boy about to ride his bicycle. The handlebars of the bike sit almost as high as the boy is tall. The writing on the bottom of the front of the card is: Use Lautz Bros. & Co’s Soaps, Best in the Market. I love…
Bicycles and Bicycling Outfits 1895
This vintage image shows the latest fashionable clothing styles for bicycle riding in 1895. The picture includes fashions for Victorian men, women and children. It appears the group gathered together is having a great time with their bicycles and in their bicycle outfits. The page is from the April 1895 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is…
