Kitty Knox, What type of bicycle did she ride?
Quote from afsanderson on December 21, 2024, 7:08 amHi, Cycling History Folks and interested others.
From: Larry Finison and Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
Re: Mystery bike
We are trying to solve a bicycling history mystery and think you may be able to help. In July 1895 a young biracial cyclist became famous in the national and cycling press: 1) she won a cycling costume contest at the Waltham Cycle Park (women were not allowed to race according to L.A.W. regulations), and 2) she appeared at the L.A.W. National Meet at Asbury Park and protested their recently enacted “color bar.” She was known as a strong century rider and was subsequently accepted at some events and barred from others. More detail is in my book Boston’s Cycling Craze, 1880-1900.
We are interested in identifying the bike brand she rode. The pictures and captions appeared in Bearings and Referee and Cycling Trade Journal. We hope that the bike design will offer some clues.
Was the bike a Columbia? (Pope) Orient? (Charles Metz and the Waltham Manufacturing Company) or some other brand.
We (the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation) and others would like the collective wisdom of the cycling community to weigh in. Thanks for your help.
Larry Finison
Lorenz J. Finison
Author: Boston's Cycling Craze, 1880-1900 &
Boston's 20th Century Bicycling Renaissance &
Bicycling Inclusion and Equity (2023)
Friend, Bicycling History Collections, UMass-Boston Archives
Member, New England Cycling Coalition for Diversity
https://bicyclinghistorydei.com/
July 1895 Was this a Columbia? Orient? Or something else?
Hi, Cycling History Folks and interested others.
From: Larry Finison and Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
Re: Mystery bike
We are trying to solve a bicycling history mystery and think you may be able to help. In July 1895 a young biracial cyclist became famous in the national and cycling press: 1) she won a cycling costume contest at the Waltham Cycle Park (women were not allowed to race according to L.A.W. regulations), and 2) she appeared at the L.A.W. National Meet at Asbury Park and protested their recently enacted “color bar.” She was known as a strong century rider and was subsequently accepted at some events and barred from others. More detail is in my book Boston’s Cycling Craze, 1880-1900.
We are interested in identifying the bike brand she rode. The pictures and captions appeared in Bearings and Referee and Cycling Trade Journal. We hope that the bike design will offer some clues.
Was the bike a Columbia? (Pope) Orient? (Charles Metz and the Waltham Manufacturing Company) or some other brand.
We (the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation) and others would like the collective wisdom of the cycling community to weigh in. Thanks for your help.
Larry Finison
Lorenz J. Finison
Author: Boston's Cycling Craze, 1880-1900 &
Boston's 20th Century Bicycling Renaissance &
Bicycling Inclusion and Equity (2023)
Friend, Bicycling History Collections, UMass-Boston Archives
Member, New England Cycling Coalition for Diversity
https://bicyclinghistorydei.com/
| July 1895 Was this a Columbia? Orient? Or something else? |
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Quote from Jeff Kidder on December 21, 2024, 9:24 amLooks like a 1895 Columbia Model 42 diamond frame made for lady riders.
Looks like a 1895 Columbia Model 42 diamond frame made for lady riders.
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