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Original Military Bicycle Photographs
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johan willaert
Finally riding a big boys bike
Could be… Early production HD 42WLA had a short pump, but later models had the longer pump!
However they were different from bicycle pumps as they had a foot bracket
However they were different from bicycle pumps as they had a foot bracket
DaytonandElgin
Wore out three sets of tires already!
Sidney (Jennings) Legendre (1903-1948), here with his bicycle, was in the Navy during WWII. (A photo of one of his military ID cards is below.)
His wife, Gertrude (Sanford) Legendre (1902-2000), served in the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA.
Gertrude was captured in Wallendorf, Germany, near the Luxembourg border, by German soldiers in September 1944, and was a prisoner of war for six months. She managed to escape on a train to Switzerland.
She was a big-game hunter, and later a dedicated environmentalist. After exploring Africa, Iran, India, Indochina, and the South Pacific, Gertrude brought home plant and animal specimens for National Geographic, the Smithsonian, Yale University, and Harvard.
The couple owned the 6,800-acre Medway plantation in South Carolina.
Sidney died of a heart attack in 1948. He was only 44. Gertrude died in 2000, age 97.
(College of Charleston Libraries, and FindaGrave.com.)
His wife, Gertrude (Sanford) Legendre (1902-2000), served in the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA.
Gertrude was captured in Wallendorf, Germany, near the Luxembourg border, by German soldiers in September 1944, and was a prisoner of war for six months. She managed to escape on a train to Switzerland.
She was a big-game hunter, and later a dedicated environmentalist. After exploring Africa, Iran, India, Indochina, and the South Pacific, Gertrude brought home plant and animal specimens for National Geographic, the Smithsonian, Yale University, and Harvard.
The couple owned the 6,800-acre Medway plantation in South Carolina.
Sidney died of a heart attack in 1948. He was only 44. Gertrude died in 2000, age 97.
(College of Charleston Libraries, and FindaGrave.com.)
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fat tire trader
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Huffy45
Finally riding a big boys bike
Cool pic. Looks like a Dutch bike to me. Try to match the head badge or the chain ring best you can. https://rollingspoke.com/vintage-dutch-bicycle-brands/
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