Boston Bicycle Club on Anniversary of "Wheel Around the Hub," Boston, Massachusetts, 1894

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Artifact Overview

Local Boston bicycle clubs organized annual tours called Wheel Around the Hub. The original tour, held in 1879, traveled one hundred miles around Boston, Massachusetts. In this photograph, taken in 1894, club members pose on the curb in front of a house along the route. Those making this anniversary run included members from the original tour.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

September 1894

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

30.1664.1.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 13 in
Width: 14 in

Boston Bicycle Club on Anniversary of "Wheel Around the Hub," Boston, Massachusetts, 1894