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1896
Large - Special photographs - Geo - Massachusetts - Boston - Bicycle parade, 1896 - Folder 1 of 2
GUSN-180097
This is a crowd of young men on bicycles in the Bicycle Parade of 1896 in Boston, Massachusetts. All of the men have a patch on their clothing that says "Dayton" and they are proceeding down a city street. Within the crowd of cyclists there is a decorated cart with a woman inside and a man dressed in a suit and top hat driving the cart. Also, one of the men in the crowd is carrying an American flag while riding his bicycle.
bicycles
parades
streets
flags
clubs (associations)
events
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Dayton Bicycle Club reorganizing on street for parade formation Boston, Mass. / Fairfield Street between Newbury Street and Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachusetts / Mr. Walter S. French Cambridge Street Cambridge, Mass. 24 Armory / 727122 / 896 (handwritten)
1 photograph ; 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches
PC001
General photographic collection
1938-02-28
PC001.02.03.TMP.025
Gift
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Smith & Miller (Photographic studio)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Wolcott, Edith Prescott
Dayton Bicycle Club (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Large - Special photographs - Geo - Massachusetts - Boston - Bicycle parade, 1896 - Folder 1 of 2
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