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[Norman Anderson on a racing bicycle, Nov. 5, 1914] – Antique Print

[Norman Anderson on a racing bicycle, Nov. 5, 1914], 1914 — historic photograph
[Norman Anderson on a racing bicycle, Nov. 5, 1914], 1914. Historic photograph from the Bicycles collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Norman Anderson on a racing bicycle, Nov. 5, 1914]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Norman Anderson on a racing bicycle, Nov. 5, 1914]

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Norman Anderson is the particular focus here, shown posed on a racing bicycle in a photograph dated November 5, 1914. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a large body of news photographs taken and distributed in New York during the early twentieth century, so it was likely made as a press image for newspapers rather than as a casual portrait. Track cycling was a popular spectator sport in the 1910s, with banked wooden velodromes drawing crowds in American cities, and the lean, low-slung machine shown here reflects the light, fixed-gear design of the era. Portraits like this one give a direct view of the equipment and the riders who made the sport famous.

Created / published1914
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesGeorge Grantham Bain Collection.
SubjectsBicycle racing--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,240 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-189024

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