On Tour with Michelin Man
Bibendum, who is also called the Michelin Man or Michelin Tyre Man in English, is the official mascot of the French company Michelin, which makes tyres. The French cartoonist Marius Rossillon, also known as O’Galop, made Bibendum. It was shown to the public first in 1898. This picture from 1926 shows Bibendum on the road. Before TVs were common and billboards were rarely seen outside of city centres, companies like Michelin would take their products on the road to promote them. Mascots like Bibendum were a big part of the tour, and they were often used to draw in kids.
Two risk-takers play tennis
This picture of two people playing tennis on the wings of an aeroplane may look like a fake, but it really happened. In November 1925, Gladys Roy and Ivan Unger did this dangerous stunt 3,280 feet above Los Angeles. Roy and Unger were both “wing walkers” or “barnstormers” who did similar tricks at events all over the United States. This trick was done on the wings of a Curtiss JN Jenny plane that Jack Tomac was flying.