Annual Meeting of "Wheel Around the Hub" at Cobb's Tavern, Canton, Massachusetts, circa 1907

Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1907

Collection Title

Research Center General Photograph Collection

Location

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

Keywords	United States, Massachusetts, Canton Photographic prints Photographs Automobile drivers Cars Fecitt, John J. Kendall, Walter G., d. 1946 Kerrison, J.C. Kilby, Quincy Pittman, Will R. Wheel Around the Hub Automobiles Bicycle racing Bicycles Bicyclists Spectators (Event observers)