This modest lady is shown here on a contraption known for some reason as “the Rucker“. From The Cycle Directory, 1884.Nothing like having the horizon at your back and a REALLY big ruffle around your neck to make you feel on top of the world. Another lovely image from Eene Halve Eeuw, published 1898.A couple of “pilgrims” on a very intriguing tandem penny-farthing are pursured by dogs, in this quirky 19th-century retelling of The Canterbury Tales. A Canterbury Pilgrimage, 1885.Shocking photographic evidence of Canadian bike gang activity, 1895. From Wheel Outings in Canada and C. W. A. Guide.Presented without comment, except that I must get around to reading this book. From Waif and Stray: the Adventures of Two Tricycles, by Chilosa, 1896.A friendly salute from a German velocipedestrienne, 1899.
I think this last image is my favourite, though…
Gentlemen, don’t you hate it when you’re just trying to take the twins out for some fresh air on the penny-farthing tricycle, and you get accosted by scantily-clad women? (The White Cat, 1882.)
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