swampmtn wrote:
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> I've noticed in some racing pictures, especially from the late 40s and early 50s, 2 rectangular white labels on alloy bottles in use at the Giro, TdeF, etc. Anyone know what was printed on those labels?
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> Aldo Ross
LaVITTELLOISE labels (two styles) on both sides of the alloy bottle some years; LaVITTELLOISE on one label and TOUR DE FRANCE on the other label other years. Replaced by plastic bottles in the TdF around 1953 I think...