From the Juvenile Instructor, December 1893 —
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That frame is going to fold in on itself. Also the poor girl riding it is liable to get her skirts wound up in the wheel. Not a very practical combination.
Had to look up that word ‘velocipedes’. Early bikes with 1 to 6 wheels, per pedals, pusher and big front wheels. Prices seems a little high for the day. But one can browse for free.
Those prices! $75 translates to almost $1900 today. That better be one superbly beautiful tire!
Cricket?
Cameras with the Kodak brand were only five years old at the time, and this is even earlier than the Kodak Brownie.
Cameras with the Kodak brand were only five years old at the time, and this even predates the Kodak Brownie.
A comment so profound, it had to be posted twice. Twice.
I had the same thought as Eric B. She’s going to catch her skirts in the gears and come to a crashing halt. I was a teen-aged bike rider during the bell-bottoms era, so I know.
“Cricket Supplies”: I’m assuming mostly seagulls.
There’s a skirt guard visible on the front half of the back wheel – although it doesn’t cover much. It’s not just the frame, the proportions of the bike seem to be off too.