#bicycle week

[detroitlib]

Celebrate Bike Week! (May 8 - 14)

Family of four (man, woman, girl, and boy) posed on unpaved street by paved sidewalk with bicycles and tricycle. Brick apartment buildings beyond sidewalk trees. Stamped on photograph back: "Photo from Keystone View Co., Inc. of N.Y., 91-97 7th Avenue, N.Y.C., credit must be given, for your [use only?]." Handwritten on photograph back: "In Marsh, Story of Detroit for young people, p.266." 

Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[detroitlib]

Celebrate Bike Week! (May 8 - 14)

Portrait of a police officer posing in front of painted backdrop with bicycle. Handwritten on back: "Biography--No I.D., taken in 1908."

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

[detroitlib]

Celebrate Bike Week! (May 8 - 14)

View of members of the Humber Bicycle Club, posing with bicycles in front of wooden-frame building. Peter J. Berlo in center of group. Printed on front: "P.J. Berlo, So. Boston. Mile world's record, 1.40 3/5. New Orleans, Dec. 24, 1895. Clark, Kluge, Starbuck, [undecipherable], Crooks, Cutter, Eaton, Church, Beavy." Handwritten on front: "P.J.B. 1941." Typed on back: "Subject: Bicycles--Cycling Clubs. Collection: MS3/Charles E. Duryea Collection. Date: 1895. Source: Estate of Charles E. & M. Jerry Duryea. I.D.: Humber Bicycle Club, Peter J. Berlo, world's champion bicycle rider (see correspondence in MS/Duryea letter dated 23 Oct 1941)." Handwritten on back: "With best regards, P.J. Berlo, Oct. 23, '41."

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

[detroitlib]

Celebrate Bike Week! (May 8 - 14)

Portrait of bicyclist on bicycle. Handwritten on back: "Biography--Unidentified." 

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

[detroitlib]

Celebrate Bike Week! (May 8 - 14)

Portrait of soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs posing with bicycle at Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Handwritten on front: "Palma de Mallorca." Handwritten on back: "Mattiwilda Dobbs." 1951.

Courtesy of the E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

[detroitlib]

Celebrate Bike Week! (May 8 - 14)

Man and woman waiting to gain entrance to go bike riding at Palmer Park. Photographer's shadow is visible. Recorded in glass negative ledger: "LD/Parks-Palmer."

Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[philamuseum]

It’s bicycle week. Anyone want to take a ride in a bicycle-torpedo? “The Bicycle-Torpedo (Le Velo-Torpille),” c. 1913, by Henri Louis Meurisse “The Bicycle-Torpedo, Frontal View (Le Velo-Torpille, Vu de face),” c. 1913, by Henri Louis Meurisse “Parc des Princes. The Bicycle-Torpedo of Monsieur Etienne Bunau-Varilla. Vue of the Apparatus, Closed.” 1913, by M. Rol “Parc des Princes. The Bicycle-Torpedo of Monsieur Etienne Bunau-Varilla. Vue of the Apparatus, Open.” 1913, by M. Rol More Art Monday is brought to you by Art 24/7.

[rollersinstinct]

Video showcasing Tallinn Bicycle Week in Estonia which includes bicycle themed lecture evening, Tour d'ÖÖ Tallin nightride, Goldsprints party, Velotiks Bike Day and a bicycle picnic