1890s: Auburn Bicycle Club
This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 57: The time was right in the Gay Nineties for a bicycle club in Auburn. The high wheel...
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Auburn The Loveliest Village Collection |
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Auburn photographs Auburn (Ala.); Auburn University; Bicycles -- Alabama; Education, Higher -- Alabama; Auburn University -- History; Universities and colleges -- Alabama; Recreation -- Alabama; History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era; Education -- Higher Education; |
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This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 57: The time was right in the Gay Nineties for a bicycle club in Auburn. The high wheeler, with its large front wheel and small back one, had been replaced by a safety model with wheels the same size. Air-filled rubber tires had been around since 1890. Therefore, fresh air, exercise, and pleasure seekers such as George Petrie, fourth from left, and B.B. Ross, sixth from left, organized a group of riders. The club eventually built a bicycle path from where Gay Street ended at Samford Avenue to Wright's Mill (Chewacla Park). Others in front of the McElhaney House were, from left: Charles Ross, Bob Trammell, J.M. Stedman, Mrs. Petrie (who with her husband had ridden a tandem bike on part of their honeymoon trip in Virginia), A. Foster McKissick with daughter Ellison in basket, and John J. Wilmore. The pet dog was muzzled. Photo source: Auburn University Archives. |
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1890s: Auburn Bicycle ClubThis image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 57: The time was right in the Gay Nineties for a bicycle club in Auburn. The high wheeler, with its large front wheel and small back one, had been replaced by a safety model with wheels the same size. Air-filled rubber tires had been around since 1890. Therefore, fresh air, exercise, and pleasure seekers such as George Petrie, fourth from left, and B.B. Ross, sixth from left, organized a group of riders. The club eventually built a bicycle path from where Gay Street ended at Samford Avenue to Wright's Mill (Chewacla Park). Others in front of the McElhaney House were, from left: Charles Ross, Bob Trammell, J.M. Stedman, Mrs. Petrie (who with her husband had ridden a tandem bike on part of their honeymoon trip in Virginia), A. Foster McKissick with daughter Ellison in basket, and John J. Wilmore. The pet dog was muzzled. Photo source: Auburn University Archives.ca. 1890sAuburn – Lee County – AlabamaAuburn (Ala.); Auburn University; Bicycles -- Alabama; Education, Higher -- Alabama; Auburn University -- History; Universities and colleges -- Alabama; Recreation -- Alabama;History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era; Education -- Higher Education;black and white photograph, 2836 x 2165 pixelsImageJPEGed2p53023.tifLogue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013. ; --, 2nd edition. 1996.Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.Auburn University LibrariesengThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.http://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/village/id/14 |
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