Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Times boy and bicycle." One of the winners of a Washington Times subscription-selling ... a sleeping cat or dog into low earth orbit. My only other bicycle noisemaker is a St. Christoper bike bell inscribed in Latin. Alas, St. ...
... to the young lady in curlers underneath the deer-head-with-bicycle-handlebars, I recall my dad, when he would see a woman with curlers ... thing in the deer's antlers I'm thinking less "bicycle handlebars" and more "bow for a bow saw, missing the blade"
That ...
... bike seem out of place is the lack of provision for the bicycle in any of the pictures I've seen from the turn of the century. Things like bike racks, bicycle shops, tires, etc. I guess they were mostly sold out of department ...
... good today, we will let you deliver the phone order on the bicycle.
If you are not good, we will make you drive the (between 12 and 16 ... of the better tires available by then.
My Elgin The bicycle strongly resembles the ancient hand-me-down Elgin upon which I learned ...
... The only other land conveyances are single and double bicycle chairs propelled by liveried colored men at a cost of $1 per hour. ... size," but constructed of wicker-work, and pendent from a bicycle propelled by a robust negro, that the jungle is thus visited; the ...
... steed, behind the fire hydrant.
"I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It ... she knows she can't get into harm unless she gets off her bicycle, and away she goes, the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood." So ...
... tightening the chain. Think of the chain on a single-speed bicycle, the rear wheel being moved back to tighten the chain.
The rear ... chain broke or jumped off the gears ( a la a single-speed bicycle again ) that wheel would no longer be driven nor have brakes.
The ...
... with three coworkers and a vaguely familiar gent with a bicycle. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View ... I think this is a Dave puzzler. The fellow with the bicycle is vaguely familiar because a) he looks like someone in particular ...
... with a Beaver Cleaver look-alike, participating in a bicycle registration day in Lafayette, Indiana. The event began in the iconic ... and registered, and this raffle was held for a free bicycle. Later, they rode through town in a bicycle parade led by two local ...
Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Woman on motorized bicycle." What won't they think of next! Harris & Ewing Collection glass ... the background remain.
Cleveland motorcycle That "bicycle" is actually a lightweight and popular Cleveland motorcycle. It had a ...
... Washington, D.C., circa 1938. "Native American boys with bicycle." The original caption for this photo, which has been lost, probably ... Those outfits wold be worth a freakin' fortune today. Bicycle might bring pretty good money, too.
(The Gallery, Bicycles, D.C., ...
... Circa 1904. "Empire Theater, Detroit." Valet parking for bicycle patrons! 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing ... is cleverly disguised as a middle-aged guy, the other as a bicycle.
These two children? Given the subject of the photo, perhaps Ice ...
"Boy on bicycle ca. 1895-1916" is the improvised title of this 5x7 dry plate from the ... cell electric.
Many years ago, I saw a British-made bicycle headlamp that used a rectangular 3-volt battery which was two ...
Posh A well-dressed kid and a well-appointed bicycle (headlight!)plus, of course, his presence in a photo studio suggests ...