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- Lemonade Stand: c. 1969
- ... kid came by to buy our stuff who had a banana seat on her bike. I got one later on. We spent all summer barefoot. View full size.
... Posted by LikeItorLumpIt - 12/13/2011 - 1:19pm -
- Star Newsie: 1972
- ... colored socks and black canvas tennis shoes. Never had a bike till I was a teen though, I delivered my papers on foot!
(ShorpyBlog, ... Posted by delworthio - 09/22/2011 - 9:56pm -
- Jeff Miller: 1913
- ... school. I hope he got his life turned around. He and that bike are both too thin.
[Hine's point is that it's especially bad for a ... Posted by Dave - 02/21/2008 - 10:38am -
- Speed Demon: 1938
- ... and of the same period as the Russell Lee photo. The bike also had many travel decals on the windscreen, most from the South.
... Posted by Dave - 03/28/2008 - 3:08pm -
- Triumph: 1946
- Early 1950s bike culture in Sydney, Australia. View full size
(ShorpyBlog, Member ... Posted by KJ - 10/14/2011 - 10:22am -
- Great Grandpa and Brother Pete: c. 1930s
- That's my great grandpa riding the bike and his little brother Pete on the handlebars. This is probably the early ... Posted by Tony W. - 09/17/2011 - 10:12pm -
- Indians... Back to the Future
- ... American Indian. There are three of them and only one bike so I don't think they are not going to get very far. And there were cars ... Posted by Phadrus - 07/12/2011 - 9:36pm -
- The Dawn of Video Games: 1976
- ... the peg board in the garage. I knocked it down getting my bike out one day and it fell on the hood of my mom's car. Suprisingly, I didn't ... Posted by tterrace - 06/24/2009 - 7:01pm -
- San Francisco Peace Rally: c. 1970s
- ... 1000cc in the CHiPs Kawasakis KZs. A respectable off-road bike for a grown adult displaces at least 250cc.)
(ShorpyBlog, Member ... Posted by JimMac - 12/09/2010 - 6:18pm -
- Rice Rocket: 1938
- ... Did they double as a canteen for long rides? My sister's bike has a "tank" of sorts, only the top/front end of it has 2 small lights in ... Posted by Dave - 06/03/2008 - 6:53pm -
- Old Bicycle with dropped handlebars
- Kid on an old bike (and it looks like it was old then) that looks very uncomfortable. But ... Posted by Vintagetvs - 12/20/2010 - 1:48pm -
- Triumph Motorbike: c. 1930s
- ... manager of Bonnyrigg Gasworks in Midlothian, Scotland. The bike has been identified as a Triumph model W 277 cc from 1927. Photo probably ... Posted by neverslim - 01/19/2011 - 11:47am -
- Triumph: c. 1930s
- ... strangely enough my wife can't recall his first name. The bike has been identified as a 1927 Model W Triumph. The photo was probably ... Posted by neverslim - 01/14/2011 - 1:06pm -
- Huck and Friends: 1960
- ... My sister Althea Racca and our brothers Faron Racca (bike) and James Racca (Huckleberry Hound).
A Faint Memory in Time ... Posted by lraccajr - 07/12/2008 - 2:44pm -
- Jay's Schwinn Shop
- My wife grew up helping her father in the bike shop in Spanish Fork, Utah. Early '60's
(ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... Posted by Foy - 06/28/2008 - 1:06am -
- Free Wheelin' '73
- ... ready to travel the country. He did that often on that bike of his. Kodachrome slide.
(ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... Posted by delworthio - 06/29/2008 - 5:14pm -
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