Marusho / Lilac Motorcycle Register

Marusho/Lilac Gallery



Beginning of Lilac Advertising: The Early Years

Lilac KD/LB/LC Brochure Page 1 Lilac KD/LB/LC Brochure Page 2 Lilac KD/LB/LC Brochure Page 3 Lilac KD/LB/LC Brochure Page 4

Lilac KD/LB/LC Brochure, Pages 1 through 4, probably printed in 1952, size 10" by 6.75". File sizes are 176k, 142k, 93k and 35k, so be patient. Resolution is 100 dpi. Thanks to Katsuyuki Inoue for the loan of his original.

Lilac TW/JF/KH Brochure Lilac TW Dragon / JF-90 Baby Lilac / KH Brochure, probably printed in 1953, original size 26 x 18 cm (not a standard page size). This was scanned at 75 dpi so it should appear original size on your monitor.

Lilac JF/AQ/UY Brochure Lilac JF/AQ/UY Brochure, probably printed in 1956, original size 26 x 19 cm (not a standard page size). This was scanned at 75 dpi so it should appear original size on your monitor.

Lilac SY Ad Lilac SY ad, from The Industrial Japan, 1955, page 69. This and the next two ads were graciously supplied to the Register as slides by Oscar Fricke, and the original magazines were found in the Anderson School library of UCLA. Ad is black and white, 5.5" x 7", 300dpi, 184k.

Lilac SY/JF/AQ Ad Lilac SY / JF / AQ Ad, from The Industrial Japan, 1956, page 94. This shows a late variant of the SY with 4-sided (rather than round) chrome cover, used on the UY-2 in the next ad. Ad is black and white, 3" x 8.5", 300dpi, 124k.

Lilac BT / BR / UY-2 Ad Lilac BT / BR / UY-2 Ad, from The Industrial Japan, 1957, page 67. Ad is 3-color (black, red, yellow), 8.5" x 5.5", 300dpi, 216k.

Baby Lilac JF90 Ad 1954 Baby Lilac Model JF90 Sales Flyer: Clicking on the thumbnail will access a 5.5mb pdf file containing extensive treatment of this one-page flyer. The document is 8.25" x 11", making it suitable for full-sized printing on either an A4 or US Letter printer. For a lower resolution, viewable image (134kb) click here.

BACK