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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Two men ride their bicycles past curious on-lookers. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Workers pose on scaffolding in front of the Senior High School during construction. A child and a man with a bicycle are on the lower left side underneath ... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | View of Silver Spring and the surrounding countryside. In the background, there is a man on a bicycle, two individuals in a horse-drawn vehicle and a small... |
| Date: | 07 04 1898 |
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| Description: | A man sits and a woman rests against a tree near a rustic bridge. Several bicycles are parked nearby as well. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | F.D. Eyerley crouches down to give his daughter a kiss. A bicycle is propped against a wooden fence which runs the perimeter of the front yard of the West ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A monument to George Washington located in Milwaukee's Court of Honor on the median between the lanes of West Wisconsin Avenue between 8th and 10th Streets... |
| Date: | 08 1899 |
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| Description: | Three men are standing in a field holding their bicycles. From left to right are: Herman Reich, August Kressin, and Eddie Wendorf. |
| Date: | 12 20 1879 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man coasting on a high-wheel bicycle. He has his legs draped over the handlebars, and his hands on the handlebars, leaving the pedals f... |
| Date: | 12 20 1879 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man falling off of a high-wheel bicycle. Two people in the background are watching the accident. |
| Date: | 03 06 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man in a top hat and tails riding a velocipede. Another rider is in the background. |
| Date: | 02 20 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man riding an ice velocipede, a bicycle-like vehicle with a studded front wheel and back blades. In the background is an iceboat. |
| Date: | 05 01 1869 |
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| Description: | Humorous engraved image showing a street scene crowded with people riding bicycles. In the background are businesses identified as J. Shanks Livery Stable,... |
| Date: | 05 1894 |
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| Description: | Cartoon drawing of Walter Sanger running with his racing bicycle and holding a broken pedal. The caption reads, "Sanger at Herne Hill — Milwaukeeans expect... |
| Date: | 09 1895 |
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| Description: | Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Masthead of the bicycling journal Pneumatic. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Aerial view drawing of a velodrome with racers on the oval track and stands full of spectators. Signage on the outer wall indicates that it is the Racine A... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Three men (Charles Crane, unidentified man, and Stuart Harbridge) in racing gear on a triplet tandem bike in front of racer Al Bauman on the Racine Athleti... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a large group of mostly men in touring clothes posed outdoors with bicycles. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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... |
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