A stock trade card advertising C. S. Putnam & Co., Bicycle Agents, Cor. North and Federal Sts., Salem, and at Square, Danvers.
The red ribbon above the tomato-headed cyclist reads "It is Tom's daily boast that he's the finest on the coast." Notice that that Tom is coasting, not pedaling.
Advertising on the card's back mentions the bicycle brands of Lovell Diamonds, Unions, Rochesters, "Gen." Putnam and others.
This trade card is shown at 80 percent of its actual size, printer unknown.