[Man on a bicycle with a large wheel in the front, in the Cadillaqua parade at Detroit, July 23, showng the evolution of the bicycle, in the automobile parade] – Historic Print
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(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: [Man on a bicycle with a large wheel in the front, in the Cadillaqua parade at Detroit, July 23, showng the evolution of the bicycle, in the automobile parade], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Man on a bicycle with a large wheel in the front, in the Cadillaqua parade at Detroit, July 23, showng the evolution of the bicycle, in the automobile parade]
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A man rides a high-wheeled bicycle at the front of this Detroit procession, its enormous front wheel set against the motorcars that follow. The title says the entry was meant to show the evolution of the bicycle, and it was staged during the Cadillaqua, the celebration of Detroit's bicentennial, which marked the 1701 founding of the settlement by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. The automobile parade gave the event a forward-looking theme, so an old-style wheel riding alongside new machines makes the point about how quickly personal transportation was changing.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,040 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-127360 |
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