RPPC Excelsior Cycle Motorcycle Rider w/ Matching Sweater Real Photo RP A816

Description

Here is a beautiful addition to your postcard collection!
I am selling a collection of postcards from a 40 year collection! It includes Real Photo postcards, artist signed, horse drawn wagons, auto racing, motorcycles, circus sideshow cards, Halloween and more! Be sure to check out my other auctions for some unique cards!
This is a beauty! It is a RP Real Photo RPPC. It shows a rider posing proudly with his early motorcycle. The side of the tank has the
Excelsior X brand logo
. What's unusual about this image is that the rider is
wearing a sweater with the same Excelsior X logo
as well! Possibly a factory sponsored racer?
The Excelsior
Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was an early American
motorcycle
manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931. It was purchased by Ignaz Schwinn, proprietor of bicycle manufacturer Arnold, Schwinn & Co. in 1912. In 1912, an
Excelsior
was the first
motorcycle
to be officially timed at a speed of 100 mph. The Henderson
Motorcycle
Company became a division of
Excelsior
when Schwinn purchased Henderson in 1917.
Card back is
divided and postally unused. Condition is very good to excellent as shown. Please note, t
he watermark shown here is not on the card you will receive. Guaranteed original.
All of our cards are shipped USPS First Class with tracking inside a rigid postcard mailer.
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