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Lemonade Stand

Date: 07 1967
Description: Several young boys selling fruit drinks, penny candy, and snow cones to parched pedestrians. A city bus is in the background.
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Father Towing his Son

Date: 03 27 1989
Description: Father on a bicycle towing son on a scooter.
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Transportation Safety for Children

Date: 06 17 1986
Description: A group of children on "hot cycles," a form of young children's transportation, are being instructed on the rules of pedestrian and bicycle transportation ...
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Kids on Roller Skates

Date: 06 26 1986
Description: Kids make a "train," with the bicyclist in the front pulling three girls on roller skates along a sidewalk.
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Fixing a Bicycle Wheel

Date: 06 16 1988
Description: One boy steadies a bike while his friend tightens the nut on the front wheel to complete a tire repair.
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Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman Bicycling

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Description: Magazine clipping of Ronald Reagan and first wife Jane Wyman bicycling together.
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"Bill Henry" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Scene still from the Paramount silent film "Bill Henry," featuring Charles Ray (playing Bill Henry Jenkins) setting off on his bicycle to begin his new job...
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Snoopy For President

Date: 08 14 1968
Description: A group of children are holding up hand-made signs, demonstrating for "Snoopy for President." Several children are wearing Peanuts t-shirts and sweatshirts...
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Scene still with Marguerite Clark, Richard Barthelmess, and a bicycle.

Date: 1917
Description: As Bab Archibald (played by Marguerite Clark) and Tommy Gray (Richard Barthelmess) share a bicycle, Tommy tries to steal a kiss in a scene still for "Bab...
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Albert Basserman, Actor

Date: 1940
Description: Albert Basserman is seen on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." He is walking up a flight of stairs in the rain holding an umbrella. A crowd of pe...
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Scene Still for "Foreign Correspondent"

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated scene still for the film "Foreign Correspondent." Pedestrians are walking with umbrellas down the sidewalk in the rain. On the street people are r...
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"Foreign Correspondent" Production Still

Date: 1940
Description: Outdoor view of the Amsterdam Square set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." Scaffolding and lights are in the background, and many members of the cast an...
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Charles Ray and broken bike, scene still

Date: 1919
Description: It is a disastrous day for traveling salesman Bill Henry Jenkins (played by Charles Ray) who has just wrecked his bicycle in a scene still for the silent c...
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World Tourist

Date: 08 10 1970
Description: Heinz Stücke on his bicycle in front of the Milwaukee Journal building at 333 W. State Street. Stücke carries his belongings in bags attached to his bike w...
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Out of Season

Date: 1976
Description: A boy is riding his bicycle on the ice. A field and a line of trees are along the shoreline in the background.
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Scene Still from "Foreign Correspondent"

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Description: Scene still from the 1940 film "Foreign Correspondent." Cars and people on bicycles pass a large crowd of people under umbrellas standing on the steps of a...
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Precarious Perch

Date: 1978
Description: A girl is riding her bike through a puddle created by melting snow. She is holding her feet up off the pedals, away from the splashing water.
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Bicyclists

Date: 1979
Description: Two bicyclists on 10-speeds. They are wearing matching jackets and pants, with knit caps. The bikes have front bags on the handle bars. Note the price of g...
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"Zenobia" publicity photograph

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Description: Ruth Fitzgibbon, Marjorie Kane, Marie Barde, and Alice Koerner hold onto Pat Lane and Jack Egan as they sit atop penny-farthing bicycles on a street. The ...
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"Zenobia" publicity photograph

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Description: Oliver Hardy holds the hand of Alice Koerner as they stand next to a two person bicycle for a publicity photograph for the 1939 film "Zenobia." They are s...

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