Boy with a Bicycle, circa 1940

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Artifact Overview

In America during most of the twentieth century, while adults motored around, children pedaled. Kids used their bikes to go to and from school, do odd jobs, or just ride around the neighborhood with friends.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1940

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

88.54.104

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. From the Estate of Myrta Schwartz.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 6 in
Width: 4 in

Boy with a Bicycle, circa 1940