Crawford was manufactured in Hagerstown, Maryland, and like many American companies of the 1890s, export was a large part of the business. The same image appeared on their posters in several countries; this version bears the address of a local Paris agent. “The artist too... could not cope with spokes, although here it adds not so much to the feeling of speed as to one of lightness as the pretty lady seems to be floating over the road” (Bicycle Posters, p. 8).
Imp. Courmont Frères, Paris
literature: Bicycle Posters, 41 (var); PAI-XCII, 9