Crescent Bicycles Catalogue, Arthur E. Sayer & Co., Sherlock Street, Birmingham

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Date:1900

Description:This catalogue shows that companies were actively marketing bicycles to women by 1900. Inside we find the 'Crescent No 3' Ladies Safety model, which has 'saddle and handle positions arranged to allow a skirt to drape freely and gracefully'.

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Women's History Transport Trades, Industries and Manufacturing Sports Gender Fashion and Beauty Birmingham Advertising 1801-1900 (19th century)

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