Name/Title
Photo members Alameda Bicycle Club in their uniforms with high-wheeler bicycles, 1883Entry/Object ID
1996.139.1Description
Acc. No. 96.139.1
Subject Category: City Organizations - Alameda Bicycle Club
Date or Period: 1883
Object: Photograph
Description: Sepia-toned albumen print photo mounted on tan paperboard. Photographer unknown. Damage to image as follows: all corners have been diagonally broken off about 1 1/2 in, from the 90 deg. angle tearing through part of the image; these broken segments (except for the missing upper right corner) have been re-attached with Scotch-type tape over both the image as well as on the verso. Also, an old blue cataloging sticker is affixed to the upper margin, overlaying part of the image, and a typed description label is affixed to the bottom edge of the image.
Size: L-8 x W-10 in.
History of Object: Members of the Alameda Bicycle Club, posing in their uniforms (high derby like hat, white shirt, dark necktie and riding pants with leggings) with their high-wheeler bicycles. The only club member identified is Oliver C. Haslett.
Acquired from: Mrs. John S. Edwards (1953)
Pre-1971 donation, old cat. #364
