Oscar Eagle standing alongside of Esther Lyon (on bicycle), in A Briliant Idea"" – Antique 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Oscar Eagle standing alongside of Esther Lyon (on bicycle), in A Briliant Idea"". The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Oscar Eagle standing alongside of Esther Lyon (on bicycle), in A Briliant Idea""
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Two performers pose together on a bicycle, with Esther Lyon riding and Oscar Eagle standing beside her, in a scene staged for *A Brilliant Idea*, a theatrical production named on the card. The picture dates to about 1897, near the height of the bicycle craze, when cycling was fashionable on both sides of the Atlantic and the wheel became a common stage prop. Chicago photographer W. M. Morrison registered the image for copyright, which suggests it was made as publicity to be sold to theater audiences and the press. Its value today lies in showing how the bicycle, then a new symbol of freedom and fashion, was used on stage.
| Created / published | c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | 19162C2 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by W.M. Morrison, Chicago (2). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; PI (2); Theater--Plays--A B-...; Shelf. Sources checked: www. Websters. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,149 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131633 |
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