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- Endorsement for Kitchel's Liniment, Showing Barney Oldfield Riding a Bicycle, 1896 - Automobile racing legend Barney Oldfield began his racing career on two wheels. In 1894, the sixteen-year-old Ohioan entered his first bicycle race -- he finished second. Over the next several years, the young cyclist competed in a number of competitions throughout the country. The budding showman also found time to promote various products, like Kitchel's Liniment.
- 1896
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Endorsement for Kitchel's Liniment, Showing Barney Oldfield Riding a Bicycle, 1896
Automobile racing legend Barney Oldfield began his racing career on two wheels. In 1894, the sixteen-year-old Ohioan entered his first bicycle race -- he finished second. Over the next several years, the young cyclist competed in a number of competitions throughout the country. The budding showman also found time to promote various products, like Kitchel's Liniment.
- Tribune "Blue Streak" Bicycle, Used by Barney Oldfield, 1898 - The sleek, light Tribune "Blue Streak," built by Black Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania, was a racing favorite. Charles "Mile-a-Minute" Murphy used a Tribune "Blue Streak" to set the mile speed record in 1899. This 1898 model was used by another cyclist who later became America's first automobile racing hero: Barney Oldfield.
- 1898
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Tribune "Blue Streak" Bicycle, Used by Barney Oldfield, 1898
The sleek, light Tribune "Blue Streak," built by Black Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania, was a racing favorite. Charles "Mile-a-Minute" Murphy used a Tribune "Blue Streak" to set the mile speed record in 1899. This 1898 model was used by another cyclist who later became America's first automobile racing hero: Barney Oldfield.
- Lette Shay and Tom Cooper, Bicycle Racers, 1890-1891 - 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.
- 1890-1891
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Lette Shay and Tom Cooper, Bicycle Racers, 1890-1891
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.
- Tom Cooper and Barney Oldfield Seated in Race Cars, circa 1902 - Tom Cooper (left) and Barney Oldfield (right) pose in race cars built by Henry Ford but owned by Cooper. Oldfield sits in "999" while Cooper's vehicle was known both as "Red Devil" and "Arrow." Cooper and Oldfield were both professional bicycle racers who turned to the newer automobiles in 1902. Oldfield became America's first great auto racing hero.
- circa 1902
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Tom Cooper and Barney Oldfield Seated in Race Cars, circa 1902
Tom Cooper (left) and Barney Oldfield (right) pose in race cars built by Henry Ford but owned by Cooper. Oldfield sits in "999" while Cooper's vehicle was known both as "Red Devil" and "Arrow." Cooper and Oldfield were both professional bicycle racers who turned to the newer automobiles in 1902. Oldfield became America's first great auto racing hero.