CYCLING - TOUR DE France, Criteriums, Vel-d'Hiv, riders, 193 - Lot 224

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CYCLING - TOUR DE France, Criteriums, Vel-d'Hiv, riders, 193 - Lot 224
CYCLING - TOUR DE France, Criteriums, Vel-d'Hiv, riders, 1930s 14 photos by Henri Manuel, vintage silver prints Captioned (some with date) on all backs and stamped on some Dimensions: 18 x 13 cm each Note: A set of photographs devoted to cycling in the 1930s, including scenes related to the Tour de France, criteriums and competitions at the Vélodrome d'Hiver (Vel' d'Hiv) in Paris. These images testify to the growing popularity of cycling during the interwar period, when major races and track meetings attracted huge audiences. The shots are by photographer Henri Manuel (1874-1947), whose Paris studio documented many aspects of sporting, political and social life in the first half of the XXᵉ century. These photographs are part of the production of sports press photography, widely distributed in newspapers and illustrated magazines of the period, and bear witness to the iconography of cycling in the golden age of major competitions. Annotations on the images and lack at the edge of one photo. Missing edge and foxing on one photo.
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