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Vyr b¡ se je¨tˆ kola Favorit a Eska? | 26. 3. 2000 |
Carmen Langel, kur torka N rodn¡ho ‡esk‚ho muzea a knihovny v Cedar Rapids v Iowˆ se pod¡l¡ na p©¡pravˆ v˜stavy o ‡esk‚ dopravn¡ technice a nem–‘e naj¡t naprosto ‘ dnou informaci o j¡zdn¡ch kolech vyr bˆn˜ch v €ech ch (viz jej¡ e-mail na konci). Mezi expon ty budou m¡t jednoho Favorita z 50. let a dvˆ kola zna‡ky Eska. Sh n¡ nal‚havˆ (v˜stava m za‡¡t brzo) informaci o tˆchto modelech a jejich v˜robci a v–bec o historii v˜roby j¡zdn¡ch kol v €ech ch.
J jsem na Internetu tak‚ nic nana¨el - jen leteck‚ fotografie tov rny Eska v Chebu! www.favorit.cz je poskytovatel internetov˜ch slu‘eb, a www.eska.cz je str nka ‡esk‚ pobo‡ky banky Erste Spar- und Kreditanstalt (ESKA), ale v ru¨tinˆ, v‡etnˆ obsahu rusk‚ho ‡asopisu Krona s informacemi pro p©istˆhovalce do €ech!
Vyr b¡ se ta kola v–bec je¨tˆ?
Mimochodem, jejich muzeum bylo zalo‘eno celkem ned vno. Bylo slavnostnˆ otev©eno 21. 10. 1995 spole‡nˆ prezidenty Clintonem, Havlem a Kov ‡em. Havel p©iletˆl do Cedar Rapids (mal‚ mˆsto v Iowˆ s mnoha obyvateli ‡esk‚ho p–vodu) p©¡mo z Prahy sv˜m Ilju¨inem 62 a k jeho celn¡mu odbaven¡ se tam mimo© dnˆ dostavil t˜m americk˜ch celn¡k–. Pro mˆsto znamenala p©¡tomnost t©¡ prezident– velkou reklamu. M¡stn¡ noviny si po tom v¨em v¨ak stˆ‘ovali, ‘e m¡stn¡ poplatn¡ky p©ijde dost draze - na nˆjak˜ch 30 tis¡c dolar– (je to tam podrobnˆ vy‡¡sleno), kter‚ budou. je¨tˆ dlouho spl cet. Na str nk ch vˆnovan˜ch otev©en¡ muzea najdete hodnˆ fotografi¡, nap©. jak si Clinton pochutn v na ‡esk˜ch kol ‡¡ch.
Greetings Miro!
I've been reading about your adventures and they sound great! I work at a museum in Cedar Rapids, IA (USA) where we are putting together an exhibition on Czech Transportation technology. Would you believe I can't find ANY information about Czech-made bicycles! I must be looking in all the wrong places. We have a Favorit from the 1950s and a couple Eska bicycles coming in. Could you offer suggestions where I can find info of these models (the manufacturers) and a general history of Czech bicycle manufacturing?
The exhibit opens VERY soon, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Our museum web page is: http://www.ncsml.org
I can be reached at: clangel@ncsml.org
Thanks!
Carmen Langel
Curator
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library