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Old 12-15-2016, 03:03 AM
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 photo Jules Dubois 34x22inch T_zpsnxs8enoj.jpg

I don't know if this is my favorite pick-up for the year....but I'm pretty excited about it...just unpacked it a week ago...I'm still sorting it out just what I have...but I'm thinking it's one of the most important cycling broadsides extant...on either side of the pond...I found a reference to this race and learned he came in third...must have been a bad hair day...Another reference on him said Dubois came to the United States the following year after this race...along with a group of other cyclist...and raced here...

Aside from being for a big name cyclist..some important aspects of the poster are that it's dated...and the race was in England, thus in English so we can read it...as opposed to being in French...Also this photo doesn't do it justice...In person it's not tan...it's a mustard yellow with black type...so a real eye catcher!!


 photo Dubois Race Reference_zpsrzbpefr4.jpg

 photo Dubois Group Tagged_zpsntacpurn.jpg

 photo d stitch_zpsmkvlf7ia.jpg
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