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Stunt Rider

Date: 1896
Description: Lee Richardson performing stunts on a bicycle in front of a large crowd standing on the ground, as well as seated in bleachers at the Appleton County Fair ...
Photograph

High Wheel Bicyclist

Date: 1890
Description: Young man riding a High Wheel or Penny-Farthing bicycle on a wooden sidewalk. There is a house behind the rider on the left. A young tree braced with a sta...
Drawing

Velocipede Race in Paris

Date: 12 1868
Description: Engraved view of four women racing on bicycles. Spectators in the background are behind a fence.
Photograph

View Up King Street of the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1911
Description: A view looking up King Street from Butler Street toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. It appears there is work being done on the dome.
Map or Atlas

Madison Bicycling Resource Guide & Route Map

Date: 1990
Description: Map of bike routes in Madison. Lower right corner features a system map with legend. Upper left corner is an inset of the Capital Loop with labelled points...
Photograph

Robert Hippe

Date: 1932
Description: Robert Hippe, 12, in cap and bib overalls, poses in front of the Prairie School. His bicycle rests against the porch of the school. A note on the reverse o...
Print

Rambler Bicycle Ad Detail

Date: 12 1893
Description: Portion of a Rambler Bicycle advertisement showing a Roman style female statue holding up a bicycle.
Postcard

City Dock

Date: 1949
Description: Photographic postcard view of the City Dock on Lake Superior. There are four boats, and people and cars are on the dock. A sign in the foreground reads: "N...
Postcard

E. Grand Ave. from the Bridge

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard view looking down street in the central business district. Streetcar tracks run down the center of the street, and horse-drawn vehicles ...
Photograph

Boys on Bicycles

Date: 1932
Description: Four boys on bicycles pose at the South Heart Prairie School as two others look on. With bicycles are Charles Davis, Howard Holden, Ivan Bogie, and Raymond...
Photograph

Hollister Corners School

Date: 1932
Description: The rear wheel of a bicycle is visible beyond the small front porch of a small, deteriorating one room school. The main portion of the school building is ...
Photograph

Three Young People

Date: 1896
Description: Snapshot of a young man with two young women chatting on Wisconsin Street. The scene is near the Grand Avenue bridge which appears in the background.
Photograph

Three-Wheeled Railroad Cycle

Date: 1908
Description: C.F. Kaufman and his wife seated on a bicycle which he adapted to run, as a three-wheeled cycle, on railroad rails.
Photograph

National Bicycle Week

Date: 1963
Description: View from street of group of local boys taking part in a celebration of National Bicycle Week. Members of the Shaker-Callaway Post of the VFW were on hand ...
Photograph

Bicycle Safety Instruction

Date: 1963
Description: Sterling Standiford, a State Trooper, talking to a group of local children on bicycle safety during National Bicycle Week. The activities took place outsid...
Photograph

Boy at National Bicycle Week

Date: 1963
Description: A boy taking part in a National Bicycle Week Celebration stands near a bicycle. Sterling Standiford, a State Trooper who was present to explain proper ope...
Magazine or Periodical

An Awkward Fix

Date: 07 1892
Description: Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba...
Magazine or Periodical

Escort Into Minneapolis

Date: 07 23 1892
Description: Frank Lenz entering Minneapolis escorted by members of the St. Paul Cycle Club, the Minneapolis Business Men's Bicycle Association, and the Minnesota Divis...
Magazine or Periodical

A Stretch Between the Tracks

Date: 06 1892
Description: Frank G. Lenz posed with his bicycle between railroad tracks in the northeastern United States.
Magazine or Periodical

A Sorely Neglected Stretch

Date: 05 1892
Description: Frank Lenz posed with his bicycle on a badly neglected stretch of road. A split-rail fence encloses a field behind Lenz.

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