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First bicycle meet at Memorial Hall photograph, circa 1885

Permanent ID:
707
Date:
1885
Image Description:
Bicyclists in front of Memorial Hall (built for the 1876 Centennial Exposition) in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Pictured are high wheel bicycles, also known as penny-farthings, popular in the 1880s.
Address:
4231 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia
Format:
Photographs
Collection:
Boies Penrose pictorial Philadelphia collection
Related Term:
Beardsley book (is described by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Bicycles [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85013911]