Messenger boy – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Messenger boy in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Messenger boy
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The title points to a single working figure, a messenger boy whose job depended on a bicycle to cover city streets quickly. Bicycles became a common tool for this kind of work during the bicycle boom of the 1890s, when a rider could carry telegrams and small parcels far faster than someone on foot. Telegraph companies and other firms relied on these young riders, who often worked long hours for modest pay. Pictures like this one preserve a working life that once moved constantly through the streets of American towns and cities.
| Original scan | 5,000 × 3,481 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 03870u Messenger boy |
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