Mystery Ladies on a Bell

[Brian R.]

I picked up a 1964 CCM girls bike. It has a double sided bell with a picture of a lady's face on each side. Does anyone know who they are? I'm thinking they must be celebrities of some sort.

 

[friendofthedevil]

#2 - Deborah Kerr?


Maybe both.

 

[GTs58]

To me #1 looks like Lucille Ball.

 

[Glenn Rhein]

Katharine Hepburn and her sister Audrey Hepburn

 

[Brian R.]

I believe you've got it Glenn, thank you. In the second picture if you cover up the extra hair on each side with your thumbs, the classic Audrey Hepburn image appears. (They were not sisters though).

 

[Glenn Rhein]

You do no that this thread dates us old guys LOL
Wow I always thought they were sisters, I guess it still learn something every day.

 

[Brian R.]

I just read that online. Hepburn was not Audrey's real name. They are two of the biggest Hollywood stars of all time and glamorous so it makes sense they would end up on the bell. I just wonder if they gave permission for that though. Were their faces all over lunch boxes in those days? I'm 50 but still too young to know that. Any oldtimers here remember their image marketing in the early '60s?

The bike is a time capsule - has og tires and tubes, grips etc.

 

[Major Taylor Archive]

If you open up the bell you might get some clues....

 

[Brian R.]

I checked. Nothing there.