#autoped

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In 1915, the Autoped was introduced as the first commercially produced motorized scooter, bearing a resemblance to today's electric scooters. Arthur Hugo Cecil is credited with its original invention.

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[newyorkthegoldenage]

A couple showing how they got to work on their autoped during a transit strike, ca. 1923. The onlookers seem puzzled.

Photo: Underwood Archives via Fine Art America

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#MadeInNYC — the 1915 #Autoped, a century ahead of its time, manufactured by the Autoped Company of Long Island City, Queens. Scooter share in NYC? #Byrd #Lime #Scooter (at Long Island City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHjSwAcnYM_/?igshid=1x4so04dxhk84

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Make Autoped type Ever Ready year 1919 CC 155 cylinder 1

The Autoped was spiffy transport in the burgeoning metropolis of New York City, and some fun to fly through traffic upon. Groups of rowdy youth were soon terrorizing the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. One such was the Long Island Bogtrotters, led by the eventually legendary Fat Burns himself, who conducted the first and last Yonkers Grand Prix. This fascinating machine represents the world’s first model of scooter. It was the only motorcycle to be built in New York City. Though adopted by the U.S. Post Office and other services – as well as fashion-conscious women in Europe and America – it was also used by New York gang members for easy getaways – they could motor down narrow alleys to escape police in cars behind them.

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Florence Priscilla (Lady Norman) on her scooter. c. 1916

Image: Paul Thompson

[yesterdaysprint]

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, October 19, 1916

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