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1896
Large - Special Photographs - Geo - Massachusetts - Boston - Bicycle Parade, 1896 - Folder 1
GUSN-175043
A group of young men from the Mutual District Messenger Co. and Western Union in Boston, Massachusetts pose for a photograph. They are dressed in their uniforms and the front row of men holds their messenger bikes. The group is part of the Boston Bicycle Parade of 1896.
messengers
uniforms
parades
bicycles
hotels (public accommodations)
transportation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Boston Bicycle Parade 1896 / Reviewed from the Hotel Vendome / By Gov. Roger Wolcott / 7183-B / Teams #6 (handwritten)
1 photograph ; 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
PC001
General photographic collection
1933-02-28
PC001.02.03.TMP.023
Gift
7 1/4 x 9 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Smith & Miller (Photographic studio)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Wolcott, Roger, 1847-1900
Western Union Telegraph Company
Liberty Square (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Large - Special Photographs - Geo - Massachusetts - Boston - Bicycle Parade, 1896 - Folder 1
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