Springfield Bicycle Club: Bicycle Camp-Exhibition & Tournament, 1883 – Vintage Wall Art
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Springfield Bicycle Club: Bicycle Camp-Exhibition & Tournament, 1883 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Springfield Bicycle Club: Bicycle Camp-Exhibition & Tournament, 1883
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Springfield's bicycle club staged its camp, exhibition and tournament in 1883, at a time when the high-wheeled "ordinary" was giving way to the safety bicycle and riding was becoming a organized pastime rather than a novelty. Gatherings like this one brought riders together to show off their skill, compete in races and trick riding, and camp side by side, reflecting the broad enthusiasm for cycling that swept American cities in the early 1880s. Notice how the event blends sport, spectacle and social life, a combination typical of the clubs that formed across the country during that decade.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,387 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 14 |
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