Here is the catalog of Everest which was issued around late 1950s.
It was two centerfolds, very simple.
However, the content of it was precious.
Everest was the brand name of Tsuchiya industry which continued from prewar. And it was famous in the part of competition bicycle.
In the advertisements of a magazine which was issued by the time I started cycling (early 1970s), the brand name was written as "Everest" in Japanese.
However, it was described as "Evarest" in this catalog.
To senior cyclists more than me, the name of "Evarest" might be more familiar than "Everest".
The catalog introduced four kinds of bicycle with photos.
One of them was a racing model. The others were "Tourists" which were called as "Touring model" during the first cycling boom around late 1950s.
I could not identify about the publication year of the catalog.
However, I supposed that the catalog was issued around late 50s because of several cues below.
1. There were two digits of area code in the telephone number.
2. The copy "to have picnic or travel with bicycle became popular recently" suggests first cycling boom.
3. The specification of bicycles in the catalog.
Please send me a mail if you have some information of the catalog.
Note: The area cord of Tokyo city was changed from two digits to three digits in February 1960.
Catalog was offered by Mr.Old Cyclist
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