Orient quad – Historic Print
(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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Orient quad comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Orient quad
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The Orient quad is a four-wheeled cycle, or quadricycle, built to carry more than one rider at a time, when most riders still went out alone on a two-wheeled bicycle. Orient was a bicycle brand from Massachusetts, and the machine reflects the late 1890s cycling boom, when makers experimented with new designs for pairs and small groups. The print was made by George H. Van Norman of Springfield, Massachusetts, a photographer who documented local cyclists and their machines, so it records both a product and the leisure culture that grew up around it.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by George H. Van Norman, Springfield, Mass. |
| Subjects | Bicycles & tricycles--1890-1900. Cycling--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,010 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164787 |
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