My parents saw this postcard at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe and thought of me (hi Mom!). They know I collect toy bicycles, especially from Africa, because when they are guests in our house they stay in a room that is the valet parking lot for a whole spectrum of toy bike makes and models from all corners of Africa.
I like the spokes-and-sprockets overkill on this postcard, but I sure have some more finely wrought toy bikes, like this Red Bull example from Senegal (below), or all the ones shown in this post about my collection. (And by the way, a heck of a lot of traffic from Stumbled Upon has been visiting that post. Hi, Stumbled Upon folks!)
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such great meticulous craft!
this is beautifullll!
Hello Tom!
What a great blog you have here, I just wanted to say hi, nice blog, and I also have a question for you, I’m creating my cousin’s wedding topper and the happy couple are avid cyclists, they were hoping for a boy bike and a girl bike somewhere on the topper; so my question is as a collector of toy bikes where do you think I should be looking for classic looking toy bikes that aren’t too small (I’m in New York, but I could order from other places)? Any ideas or suggestions?