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02-24-15, 09:59 PM
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Old tin type photo
Having reason to be going thru family papers, I came across said photo of a few greats back Uncle and Aunt on a tandem tricycle. IIRC, he worked for the NY times as a sports page artist/cartoonist, and she was the first woman to ride a tandem trike. It will be a bit, but I'll attempt to copy the photo and put it up for viewing.
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Having reason to be going thru family papers, I came across said photo of a few greats back Uncle and Aunt on a tandem tricycle. IIRC, he worked for the NY times as a sports page artist/cartoonist, and she was the first woman to ride a tandem trike. It will be a bit, but I'll attempt to copy the photo and put it up for viewing.
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02-28-15, 08:53 AM
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Meeting obligation, I bring you:
Several-Greats-back Uncle Will and Aunt Lottie Harris. I've contacted the NYT attempting to find out more, but thus far all I've heard is crickets.
I think the photo dates to 1895 or so, and no, I don't have the bike.
Several-Greats-back Uncle Will and Aunt Lottie Harris. I've contacted the NYT attempting to find out more, but thus far all I've heard is crickets.
I think the photo dates to 1895 or so, and no, I don't have the bike.
02-28-15, 08:59 AM
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Ed- That's terrific! Even better that you have a partial history and connection. I'll bet that bike cost a fortune in the day too. Thanks for sharing!
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That is a wonderful photo. I always enjoy learning more about the history of my family along with the history of others' families also. The glimpses into the past enrich us all.
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It appears to be from the Mesozoic era....
02-28-15, 09:58 AM
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Thank you for posting the picture.
I love that it dates to the 1895 era.
That was the era of the bike boom, when 3 million bicycles a year were being bought by a country with a smaller population than now.
The high wheeler had just been overtaken by the new technology of the diamond frame bike we still know today.
This was a craze that makes all others since, hula hoops, yo-yos, pet rocks, etc. pale in comparison.
Sitting for a photo was no small thing back then.
The young and hip made sure they went to the trouble to dress snappy and be photographed with their cool new machine.
Here is a dapper, young, Henry Ford in 1893 (Yes, the Henry Ford)
This led to a lot of people with these fine machines feeling like there was a great need for more paved roads.
"Wheelmen's" Clubs formed all over the country with chapters very organized in the lobby for more paved roads.
The argument was that on the one day off a week they had, after church, paved roads could get the lads out of the dirty cramped tenements of the industrial urban centers and into the therapeutic fresh air of the country on their bicycles.
A forgotten secret history is that the expansion of paved roads out from the cities to the countryside predates the automobile.
Bicycle enthusiasts like your Great, Great, Greats in your picture, got us the paved roads we all take for granted now.
I love that it dates to the 1895 era.
That was the era of the bike boom, when 3 million bicycles a year were being bought by a country with a smaller population than now.
The high wheeler had just been overtaken by the new technology of the diamond frame bike we still know today.
This was a craze that makes all others since, hula hoops, yo-yos, pet rocks, etc. pale in comparison.
Sitting for a photo was no small thing back then.
The young and hip made sure they went to the trouble to dress snappy and be photographed with their cool new machine.
Here is a dapper, young, Henry Ford in 1893 (Yes, the Henry Ford)
This led to a lot of people with these fine machines feeling like there was a great need for more paved roads.
"Wheelmen's" Clubs formed all over the country with chapters very organized in the lobby for more paved roads.
The argument was that on the one day off a week they had, after church, paved roads could get the lads out of the dirty cramped tenements of the industrial urban centers and into the therapeutic fresh air of the country on their bicycles.
A forgotten secret history is that the expansion of paved roads out from the cities to the countryside predates the automobile.
Bicycle enthusiasts like your Great, Great, Greats in your picture, got us the paved roads we all take for granted now.
02-28-15, 10:19 AM
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^Link to a neat picture taken by Ford in 1895 when he worked at the Edison Illumination Company. Cool looking bikes.
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