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Daily Herald Photograph; Hercules Bicycle Factory

National Science and Media Museum

National Science and Media Museum
Bradford, United Kingdom

One photograph titled 'The World Rides on British Wheels', showing employees at the Hercules Cycle works, Birmingham. Full caption on back, photograph description reads; 'The Home despatch department - wheeling out completed cycles'. The factory employed 3500 people and produced 600.000 bicycles per annum, of which 70% were exported overseas.

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  • Title: Daily Herald Photograph; Hercules Bicycle Factory
  • Date Created: 1947-09-18
  • Location: Birmingham, Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
  • Rights: © Hulton Archive/Getty Images
  • Maker: Central Press Photos Ltd
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