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The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
Ride a Stearns and Be Content (Penfield, 1896)
Edward Penfield · E. C. Stearns & Co., 1896
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
What it is
A chromolithograph poster by Edward Penfield, "Ride a Stearns and be content", printed by J. Ottmann Lith. Co. at the Puck Building, New York. The Library of Congress gives its size as 152 x 116 cm and dates it 1896.
Why it matters
Penfield signed it, and J. Ottmann Lith. Co. printed it at the Puck Building in New York in 1896.
What to notice
At 152 cm it was made for the hoarding.
The bicycle sold itself as freedom, and the poster sold the bicycle.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Designer
- Edward Penfield
- Printer / house
- J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Building, New York
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- E. C. Stearns & Co., 1896
- Source
- Library of Congress · LCCN 99471807
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. The Commons master is a 3797x4696 TIFF; the catalogue hangs its JPEG rendition, which is what is measured and printed.
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