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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Two men ride their bicycles past curious on-lookers. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Wooden bicycle on display against a wall at the Wisconsin State Historical Museum, circa 1920. It is known as the "Crabtree Special" because it was reporte... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View from infield of two bicycle racers at the starting line of the quarter-mile cement bicycle track maintained by the Racine Athletic Association. Two me... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Masonic Temple with bicycles in front of the entrance. It was built in 1895 of brick and brownstone in the Richardson Romanesque style... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A large crowd at the Milwaukee Road depot, perhaps to greet William Jennings Bryan on the incoming train. The malthouse can be seen in the distance. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man, Jim Carriman, posing standing and holding a bicycle in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a ha... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting on bicycles near a prop wooden fence in front of a painted backdrop. Both men are wear... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Soldiers stand in formation on the lawn in front of the Historical Society. Bicyclists ride by in the foreground. In the background is the University of Wi... |
| Date: | 02 27 1914 |
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| Description: | Second Ward Savings Bank building (now the Milwaukee County Historical Society), looking northwest from the corner of W. Kilbourn Avenue and N. Plankinton ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A crowd has gathered facing a corner of the Sauk County Courthouse square where a man, elevated above the crowd, waves an American flag. A bonfire burns on... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The catcher squats as the batter gets ready to swing at a pitch while the umpire looks on. This image was taken as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Front cover of the American Youth Hostel log book of bike hostel trips taken by participants in a Neighborhood House summer program for girls (later trips ... |
| Date: | 09 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Several bicycles are parked on the sidewalk near the Wisconsin Historical Society Historymobile, parked near the curb. The Historymobile was visiting the N... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 04 1964 |
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| Description: | Children on bikes in Madison's Crestwood neighborhood July 4th parade. In the center is Peter W. Faber (1959-2007) wearing a Mexican cowboy costume, origi... |
| Date: | 07 04 1964 |
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| Description: | Three children, and a toddler in a stroller, pose at the edge of the street in front of the Faber home at 5706 Dogwood Place, Madison, Wisconsin. A decorat... |
| Date: | 07 04 1964 |
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| Description: | Two children with a tricycle and a bicycle, and one boy in a Mexican cowboy costume, pose at the edge of the street in front of a home, next to a mailbox. ... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A Basset Hound is joining a game of football with three boys playing in a street. The center is about to snap the ball to the quarterback. Leaves cover the... |
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