Glendale Racetrack, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1886
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Artifact Overview
American bicycle racing flourished in the late 19th century. Cyclists raced over urban and country roads, converted horse tracks, or indoor wooden velodromes. This photograph shows the one-third-mile outdoor track in Lynn, Massachusetts, in the mid-1880s.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1886
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
86.18.47.1
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: 8 in
Width: 8.25 in
Inscriptions
Photographer's imprint on front: ...STALL, Publisher / ...MONT STREET / ...MASS. / CYCLE CELEBRITIES / A.A. G... / PHOTOG... / Newto...
Handwritten on back: Glendale 1/3 mile track, / [illegible], Mass. 1886
Label on back: LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN / ABBOT BASSETT Secretary-Treasurer, 221 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass.
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