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Ride the Comet, the best bicycle in the market
Illustration of a wintertime scene with small house or cottage by a body of water. There are almost bare trees, and some evergreens surrounding the house and smoke coming out of the chimney.

Ride the Comet, the best bicycle in the market

DateApproximately 1896
Names
FormatEphemera
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodFinancial District
    GeographyEast-west streetTemperance Street
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Trade cards
    Medium
    Advertising cards
    Dimensions7 cm x 10.3 cm (2 3/4 in. x 4 1/16 in.)
    Language
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberCA-1896-COMET-BICYCLES-2-VS
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      Quinn, Anthony
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      Beaty, Keith
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      Lautens, Richard
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      Crombie, David
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      Riding high. Scarborough Controller Joyce Trimmer, in period costume, mounts a penny farthing bicycle. She will take part in the Ladies Great Ride for Cancer in Scarborough on April 27
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      Viewing Comet Kahoutek will be the highlight of the year's sky scanning for Father George Galea, a priest at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Etob(...)
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      Calleja, Frank
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