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[Men with three types of bicycles] – Vintage Wall Art

[Men with three types of bicycles], [between 1910 and 1930] — historic photograph
[Men with three types of bicycles], [between 1910 and 1930]. 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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A window into the past: [Men with three types of bicycles], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Three different kinds of bicycles anchor this print, which shows a group of men posing with machines that differ in design and purpose. Photographs from 1910 to 1930 often capture the bicycle at a turning point, when the safety bicycle was firmly established but motor vehicles were quickly gaining ground on city streets and country roads. The print carries a U.S. Copyright Office number, which suggests it was registered for protection, a common step for photographs made for publication or sale in that era. Today it is valuable for documenting the range of cycling equipment of the period and the men who posed with it.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1930]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1930.
NotesJ239034 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsBicycles & tricycles--1910-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,267 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-198952

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