Thread Of Original Old Bicycle Photos Only -- No Discussion Please!

[DaytonandElgin]

Albert Kalmbach, age 12, and policeman William Johnson, find Albert's stolen bike at a Philadelphia warehouse in the fall of 1954.

(Temple University. Photo from the Oct. 9, 1954 edition of Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.)

 

[DaytonandElgin]

Toy store in San Antonio, Texas, 1957.

(Zintgraff Studio photo collection, and University of Texas-San Antonio Libraries.)

 

[DaytonandElgin]

Carefree cyclists in Wyoming, 1913.

(University of Wyoming. Photo by Lora Nichols.)

 

[DaytonandElgin]

Barney Oldfield (1878-1946) checks his former racing bike, at home in Los Angeles, 1931.

Oldfield started racing bicycles in 1894, and was successful. Then, he began racing cars in 1902, winning the AAA national championship in 1905. He was the first to hit 60 mph on a circular track.

Oldfield was posthumously inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1952.

(Indianapolis Motor Speedway photo collection.)

 

[DaytonandElgin]

This Huffy, ridden by Robert Sloane, is approved for a license by Milwaukee policeman Milas Nelson, in front of Robert's classmates, 1961.

(Milwaukee Public Library. School photo from The Milwaukee Sentinel, March 25, 1961.)

 

[DaytonandElgin]

James Neeper (1922-1948) puts 5 cents in a San Antonio parking meter, late August 1936. Neeper served in the Air Corps as a PFC during WWII.

(University of Texas-San Antonio Libraries. Aug. 28, 1936 photo printed in the San Antonio Light.)

 

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