Image of an eye-level view of a woman and man on bicycles riding down a park path in the center foreground, followed closely by a horse-drawn carriage with male and female passengers sitting in the driver's box and on the roof, with a lake and sailboats in the background. Probable date based on date provided in Dargate Auction Galleries December 11 & 12, 2004 A-238 auction catalog for the same image. "Niagara Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."--text, bottom right of image. "Supplement to "The Philadelphia Press."--text, bottom left margin. "Sunday, D[ec. 12, 1897]"--text, bottom right margin with corner containing full date missing.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 37.78 x 23.5 cm (14 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Newspapers Bicycles and bicycling--Pictorial works Carriages and carts--Pictorial works Coaching (Transportation)--Pictorial works Cycling--Pictorial works Leisure--Pictorial works Women--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Periodical illustrations. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Transportation Large Size Bicycle The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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