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Bicycle (Simco)
"Matchbox label - Bicycle - India (circa 1940s) - MBP1472718190.jpg" by Unknown (commercial matchbox manufacturer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Bicycle (Simco)

सिम्को·Simco

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The advertising

“Bicycle brand”
Printc. 1940s

A bicycle with the brand name 'simco' — the bicycle was a prized possession in mid-century India, so it made a good label picture.

Placeholder copy — original wording added later with sourcing.

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