Here's an interesting advertisement from the Washington Times on November 6th, 1913. Source: Library of Congress...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 01.11.2012
Sweet Bike … Pissed Kid
His bike looks sweet. Why does he look so pissed? Washington, D.C., 1921. "Times boy and bicycle." Winner of a Mead Ranger bike by virtue of selling 30 newspaper subscriptions. The Ranger contest...
Faces & Places of Yesterday / 17.09.2012
Girls, Garters and Bikes
Here's a curious old photograph for you. This one is from 1925 and features Mildred Billert and Hazel Bowman, both of Ned Wayburn's Revue, a vaudeville show. February 7, 1925. Washington, D.C. "Mildred...
Here's a good find from the National Archives. It's a very well dressed couple riding an odd-looking bicycle (or quad-cycle), just south of the White House. Smartly dressed couple seated on an 1886-model...
This city loves bikes ...