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Lette Shay and Tom Cooper, Bicycle Racers, 1890-1891

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Artifact Overview

Cyclists Lette Shay and Tom Cooper pose with their bicycles in the early 1890s. Cooper would race against the best cyclists throughout the 1890s and would win the Bicycle Championship of America in 1899. In the early 1900s he partnered with Henry Ford and raced automobiles. Cooper died in 1906 racing a car through Central Park in New York City.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Cabinet photograph

Subject Date

1890-1891

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Research Center General Photograph Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

40.190.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Archie D. Rounds.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Printing (Process)
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown
Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 4.188 in
Width: 6.438 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten note on back: Lett Shay -- Tom Cooper
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