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- Man with a Columbia High-Wheel Bicycle, 1883 - An unidentified cyclist poses with an 1883 Expert Columbia high wheeler. The machine was made by the Pope Manufacturing Company of Boston, Massachusetts -- America's leading bicycle manufacturer at the time. Their bicycles incorporated many innovations such as steel-tube-frame construction, ball bearings, and wire wheels with rubber tires. These improvements made the bicycle a popular recreational and sporting machine -- especially among athletic young men.
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Man with a Columbia High-Wheel Bicycle, 1883
An unidentified cyclist poses with an 1883 Expert Columbia high wheeler. The machine was made by the Pope Manufacturing Company of Boston, Massachusetts -- America's leading bicycle manufacturer at the time. Their bicycles incorporated many innovations such as steel-tube-frame construction, ball bearings, and wire wheels with rubber tires. These improvements made the bicycle a popular recreational and sporting machine -- especially among athletic young men.