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Boy standing beside bicycle in front of meat market – Historic Print

Boy standing beside bicycle in front of meat market — historic image
Boy standing beside bicycle in front of meat market. Historic image from the Bicycles collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Boy standing beside bicycle in front of meat market, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Boy standing beside bicycle in front of meat market

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A young boy stands with one hand resting on his bicycle, posed in front of a meat market whose storefront and hanging goods fill the background. Street scenes like this were common in American and European towns around the turn of the twentieth century, when the bicycle was becoming a everyday tool for errands and deliveries as well as recreation. A boy with a bike outside a butcher or market shop suggests the bicycle's new role in ordinary working life, carrying messages, parcels, and goods between shops and homes. Images of this kind also reveal how crowded and busy commercial streets could be before cars took over.

Original scan5,000 × 3,565 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi
Reference03944u 11 year old boy

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