Telegraph messenger boy with bicycle beside street sign – Vintage Photo Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Telegraph messenger boy with bicycle beside street sign, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Telegraph messenger boy with bicycle beside street sign
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A telegraph messenger boy poses with his bicycle beside a street sign, a detail that places the rider on an urban street rather than in a studio or on a country road. Telegraph companies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries relied on young messengers, often boys in uniform, to carry wires and deliveries across town, and the bicycle was a practical tool for covering more ground quickly than walking. Pictures like this one show how the bicycle became part of everyday city work, and the street sign anchors the scene to a specific corner of the urban landscape.
| Original scan | 5,000 × 3,415 px · prints to 17 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 03715u postal telegraph messenger |
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