Springfield Bicycle Club Tournament, Sept. 11th, 12th, 1895 – 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Springfield Bicycle Club Tournament, Sept. 11th, 12th, 1895, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Springfield Bicycle Club Tournament, Sept. 11th, 12th, 1895
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The Springfield Bicycle Club's tournament of September 11 and 12, 1895, is the event this lithograph commemorates, and the print captures a moment when cycling was at the height of its popularity in the United States. Bicycle clubs in the 1890s staged races, exhibitions and tournaments that drew large crowds, and the "safety" bicycle, with its two wheels of equal size and chain drive, had made riding accessible to far more people than the earlier high-wheeled models. Lithographs like this one were a common way to advertise such events and to record them afterward, so the print offers a window into how local sporting life was presented to the public at the time.
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1895 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 996 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125022 |
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