Annual Meeting of "Wheel Around the Hub" at Cobb's Tavern, Canton, Massachusetts, circa 1907
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The Wheel Around the Hub was an event that brought cyclists together for a two-day tour around Boston, Massachusetts. The first event took place in 1879 with about forty cyclists accompanied by a couple of horse-drawn vehicles carrying an artist and the cyclists' supplies. As time progressed, as seen in this ca. 1907 photograph, automobiles transported those not touring by bicycle.
The Wheel Around the Hub was an event that brought cyclists together for a two-day tour around Boston, Massachusetts. The first event took place in 1879 with about forty cyclists accompanied by a couple of horse-drawn vehicles carrying an artist and the cyclists' supplies. As time progressed, as seen in this ca. 1907 photograph, automobiles transported those not touring by bicycle.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1907
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
86.18.52.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 10.625 in
Inscriptions
Label on back: Annual WHEEL AROUND THE HUB / at Cobb's€™s Tavern, Canton, Mass., / about 1907, in the early days / of motoring, and towards the / closing days of cycling as a sport / 1--J.C. Kerrison, Boston American / 2--A. Kennedy-Child, Hartford, Conn. / 3--Will R. Pittman, New York (one of the / 49ers of cycling) / 4--Quincy Kilby, Dramatic Critic, Boston. / 5-- Dr. Walter G. Kendall / 6--John J. Fecitt, Boston Handwritten on back in pencil: Wheel about the Hub Numbers 1 to 6 hand-written in black ink over 6 people so as to identify them
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