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Bicycles: Icons of Innovation and Mobility

From the 1880s to the 1910s, Americans took to the wheel, sparking a nationwide bicycle craze. In the era before automobiles, bicycles were a means of affordable personal mobility. This nationwide cycling craze allowed Americans to explore new places and experience newfound independence. Learn more about bicycles and their impact on American culture at the National Museum of American History.


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1896 Columbia Woman’s Bicycle Embellished by Tiffany

Bearings, the Cycling Magazine

Cleveland Model 69 Bicycle, 1899

Woman on Bicycle

Rex Bicycle, 1898

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[Miscellaneous Images in Virginia]: two unidentified girls and a bicycle.

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Bicyclists

Samuel Murray and Benjamin Eakins on Bicycles

Photograph of letter carrier delivering mail by bicycle

The Bicycling world & L.A.W. bulletin

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