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Bicycle riders: Eddie Root – Historic Print

Bicycle riders: Eddie Root, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Bicycle riders: Eddie Root, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Bicycles collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures Bicycle riders: Eddie Root in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Bicycle riders: Eddie Root

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Eddie Root, named on the caption card as a bicycle rider, is the subject that sets this print apart from other racing images in the Bain Collection. The Bain News Service, a commercial photo agency, photographed many track athletes of the period for newspaper use. Board-track velodromes and six-day races drew large crowds in the years before the First World War, and cycling stars were among the best-known sports figures of the day. The card is undated and its details were transcribed from older records, so the exact occasion remains uncertain. The print still offers a direct look at the equipment and dress of a racer during the sport's popularity in American cities.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: BI; Bicycle racing; Shelf. Sources checked: Root, Eddie: MUMS; www Am Sports; BI.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,078 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147757

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