H.S. Tibbs with a High-Wheel Bicycle, circa 1883

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Artifact Overview

Horace S. Tibbs imported a bicycle into Canada in 1877. A year later, he helped organize the Montreal Bicycle Club, the second oldest bicycle club in North America. In the early 1880s, Tibbs and a group of cyclists formed the Canadian Wheelmen's Association. Tibbs became its second president.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Cabinet photograph

Subject Date

circa 1883

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Research Center General Photograph Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

86.18.26.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown
Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 5.5 in
Width: 4.188 undefined

Inscriptions

Handwritten on back: English Invincible / bicycle, made by / surrey machinists / Co. London / 1883 / H.S. Tibbs Stamp on back: ABBOT BASSETT, / SECRETARY, L.A.W. / 221 COLUMBUS AVE., / BOSTON, MASS. Photographer's imprint on back: Summerhayes / & Walford, / PHOTOGRAPHERS / NO. [illegible] Bleury Street, / MONTREAL. Back: H.S. TIBBS. SECTY. MONTREAL CLUB
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H.S. Tibbs with a High-Wheel Bicycle, circa 1883