TOC Tuesday!

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Front cover and 3 pages from the January 1899 issue of The Pneumatic, published in Milwaukee, Wis., by Martin Cornelius Rotier (1869-1924).

Two pages have the bicycle records, made and broken, during 1898. The other page has helpful hints, such as, "It is not good policy to try to tow a lady up a hill, that you can hardly climb."

(Wis. Historical Society, Recollection Wisconsin.)

 

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Five bicyclists rest on a wooden fence, en route to Trenton, Mich., south of Detroit, Aug. 6, 1899.

(Detroit Historical Society, & Mich. Service Hub.)

 

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Racycle ad, Miami Cycle of Middletown, Ohio.

(Center for Sacramento History.)

 

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Outing magazine cover, created by Henry Summer Watson (1868-1933).

(Boston Public Library, Digital Commonwealth.)

 

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Created by Louis Prang (1824-1909), lithographer, printer, and publisher.

(Wallach collection, New York Public Library.)

 

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Morrow coaster brake book cover.

(Northwestern University Libraries.)

 

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October 1897 poster depicts a New York City policeman on a bike, catching up with, and stopping, an out-of-control horse. The officer's bravery saves a woman and child in the carriage.

(Wallach collection, New York Public Library.)