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Frank G. Lenz
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Portrait of Frank Lenz on his safety bicycle which he rode on a round-the-world tour. He is posed on a country road lined with fences and telegraph or telephone poles. Several other bicycles lean against a fence nearby and other wheelmen mill about the scene. Lenz carries a box camera in a case on his back and wears a cap that reads "Outing," the name of the publication that sponsored his tour and published his travelogue. A plate on the rear fender also advertises for the magazine reading, "World Tour, Outing, 1892."
1892
Wallace, J. W.
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W014AGZ
WHi 106719
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A Sorely Neglected Stretch
May 1892
Frank Lenz posed with his bicycle on a badly neglected stretch of road. A split-rail fence encloses a field behind Lenz.
An Awkward Fix
July 1892
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 back as a train passes behind him.
Going Straight Through the Mountain
August 1892
Engraving, probably after a photograph, showing Frank Lenz posing with his safety bicycle near the stone arch entrance of a canal tunnel cut through a mountain. Lenz leans agains a railing along th...
A Stretch Between the Tracks
June 1892
Frank G. Lenz posed with his bicycle between railroad tracks in the northeastern United States.
Escort Into Minneapolis
July 23, 1892
Frank Lenz entering Minneapolis escorted by members of the St. Paul Cycle Club, the Minneapolis Business Men's Bicycle Association, and the Minnesota Division of the League of American Wheelmen. Th...
Letter of Introduction for Frank Lenz
May 18, 1892
Letter of introduction for Frank G. Lenz of Pittsburgh and his agent Robert Bruce to Secretary of Agriculture Jeremiah Rusk. The letter is on The Outing Company, Ltd. letterhead which bears the log...
