1890s Dayton Bicycle Advertisement featuring Racers

[4scuda]

Picked these two advertising pieces for Dayton Bicycles sometime after 1897. One features a woman racer. I don’t follow this era of ephemera so I didn’t realize they had women racers.

 

[MEW1359]

So cool.....they for sale?

 

[4scuda]

So cool.....they for sale?

They are spoken for.

 

[kccomet]

those are great, wish I would have been the buyer

 

[Goldenindian]

Saw this online the other day. Last page of a Dayton catalog.

 

[barracuda]

Picked these two advertising pieces for Dayton Bicycles sometime after 1897. One features a woman racer. I don’t follow this era of ephemera so I didn’t realize they had women racers.

Dottie Farnsworth was a top professional racer from Minneapolis. She died tragically in 1902 at age 35 from blood poisoning contracted as a result of a fall at a non-racing circus cycling event. While riding in the cycle dazzle her wheel ran off the top, and death resulted from injuries received in the fall. I have no idea what a cycle dazzle is, but it sounds exciting.

Chicago’s Women Cyclists

chicagology.com

 

[Blue Streak]

Two 1902 newspaper articles describing The Cycle Dazzle:

May 11, 1902 issue of Star Tribune (Minneapolis MN)

September 14, 1902 issue of The Tacoma Daily Ledger (Tacoma WA)

 

[dnc1]

Almost literally, a Wall of Death!