Butte Motorcycle Club, Montana, 1914 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Butte Motorcycle Club, Montana, 1914 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Butte Motorcycle Club
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Butte Motorcycle Club, Montana, 1914
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Butte, Montana, in 1914 was a copper mining city whose hillside mines and smelters drew workers from across Europe and the rest of the country. The Anaconda Copper Mining Company dominated the local economy, and the city's streets, saloons, and union halls reflected a population that worked hard underground and spent its free hours on sports and clubs. Motorcycles were still a novelty in 1914, so a club of riders posing together signaled a new kind of leisure that appealed to young men with some money and a taste for speed. The Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain towns of that decade were bound together by railroads, and Butte residents knew their city chiefly as the place that produced much of the nation's copper.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | todd photo & film co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Montana |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,210 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Butte Motorcycle Club |
| Reference | MT Butte Motorcycle Club 1914 |
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