#penny-farthing

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Here's my modest collection of vintage penny-farthings.

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BIKE.BMP, modified March 3, 1993, 8:00 PM; clipart included with CardShop Plus by The Software Toolworks (1994).

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R. Tragardh, Velocipede, patented on 9/12/1882. 

Yes, I do want training wheels on my penny-farthing, please and thank you. 

Series: Utility Patent Drawings, 1837 - 1911

Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978

Image description: Drawing of a bicycle, the kind with one giant wheel and one tiny one. Side and front views show small wheels on either side of the big one, set at such an angle that they’re not always touching the ground, but will touch the ground if you tip to the side too much.

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A daring gentleman attempts this perilous ride on a penny-farthing down the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. circa 1884.

Photo: Library of Congress

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Man riding an ordinary or penny-farthing bicycle, Las Vegas, New Mexico

Photographer: Frank E. Evans Date: ca. 1881-1887 Negative Number: 163641

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