Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photographic portrait of James Lancaster of the Los Angeles Bicycle Club posing with a high wheel bicycle, November 1886. He has his right arm rested on the frame at the top of the bicycle at left. His other hand is holding several objects including a towel(?) and is resting on his hip. He is wearing a very tight shirt and spandex-like shorts. He was one of the 30 founders of the Los Angeles Athletic Club. He later became a cement contractor. In 1929, he and Maurice Hellman were the only surviving members of the first club. Lancaster, California is named after him.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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