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 one pictured here took place in 1894. The original tour, held in 1879, traveled one hundred miles around Boston, Massachusetts, with cyclists pedaling high-wheel bicycles. Fifteen years later, club members were riding Rover-style "safety" bikes as seen in this photograph.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
15 September 1894
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
30.1664.1.3
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
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