[Woman with bicycle wearing bicycling costume; 2 piece package enclosure for Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn., manufacturers of Columbia Bicycles] – Antique Print
![[Woman with bicycle wearing bicycling costume; 2 piece package enclosure for Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn., manufacturers of Columbia Bicycles], c1895. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8e/8e5fa57ed44b-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
This rare antique lithograph captures [Woman with bicycle wearing bicycling costume; 2 piece package enclosure for Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn., manufacturers of Columbia Bicycles] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
[Woman with bicycle wearing bicycling costume; 2 piece package enclosure for Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn., manufacturers of Columbia Bicycles]
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
A woman in a cycling costume stands beside her bicycle in this lithograph, which was designed as a two-piece package enclosure for the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, makers of Columbia bicycles. Printed by the Gast Lithograph Company of New York around 1895, it belongs to the height of the American bicycle boom, when women's cycling attire sparked public debate over skirts, bloomers and respectable dress. Pope was one of the largest bicycle makers in the country, and pictures like this one helped tie the Columbia name to the freedom the machine seemed to offer.
| Created / published | c1895. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Subjects | Lithograph copyrighted by Gast Lith., Co., N.Y. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Women; Sports--Bicycles; Clothing & Dress; Adv.; Publ. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,215 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155903 |
More from the Bicycles collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![Actresses as bicycle riders [7 illustrations of actresses with bicycles: 1. Effie Ellsler; 2. Cissy Fitzgerald; 3. Anna Held; 4. Queenie Vassar; 5. Mrs. James Brown Potter; 6. Miss Georgia Cayvan; 7. Miss Lillian Russell]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fb/fb4ffdff1d4f-400.webp)
