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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''
'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''


[[Image:transit1$bicycle-parade-cartoon.jpg]]
[[Image:Museum-of-19th-century-curiosities WASP-1890s.jpg]]
 
'''Museum of 19th century curiosities from the WASP... modern women with their bicycles examine the relics of times gone by (or soon to pass!)'''
 
''Image: California Historical Society''
 
[[Image:WASP-1895-Bicycle-edition-CHS.jpg|420px]]
 
'''The Bicycle Issue of the WASP, August 1895.'''
 
''Image: California Historical Society''
 
[[Image:transit1$bicycle-parade-cartoon.jpg|792px]]


'''Bicycle Parade from Golden Gate Park to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition on the north shore of the city, 1915. '''
'''Bicycle Parade from Golden Gate Park to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition on the north shore of the city, 1915. '''


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''Bicycle Built for Two'' traditional song from the 1890s.
''Bicycle Built for Two'' traditional song from the 1890s.


More than 5,000 cyclists (known then as "scorchers" for the amazing speeds they achieved!) blazed a trail about five miles long in a spectacular "Good Roads Rally." Over 100,000 lined the streets on Saturday night, July 25th, 1896, as cyclists demanded asphalt and improved roads in San Francisco. Many riders preferred local Velodromes during this era.
More than 5,000 cyclists (known then as "scorchers" for the amazing speeds they achieved!) blazed a trail about five miles long in a spectacular [[The_Great_Bicycling_Protest_of_1896|"Good Roads Rally."]] Over 100,000 lined the streets on Saturday night, July 25th, 1896, as cyclists demanded asphalt and improved roads in San Francisco. Many riders preferred [[19th Century Velodromes in SF|local Velodromes]] during this era.


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Cycling to the [[SAILING TO BYZANTIUM: 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition|PPIE Fair 1915]]<br>''Video: Prelinger Archive''
Cycling to the [[SAILING TO BYZANTIUM: 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition|PPIE Fair 1915]]<br>''Video: Prelinger Archive''
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[[CYCLERS RIDE IN GAY ATTIRE|  October 1896 Parade]]
[[CYCLERS RIDE IN GAY ATTIRE|  October 1896 Parade]]


[[Image:transit1$early-sf-bicyclists-(photo).jpg]]
[[Image:League-of-American-Wheelmen-SF-1890s 20140520 173346.jpg]]
 
'''League of American Wheelmen meeting in San Francisco, mid-1890s.'''
 
''Image: courtesy California Historical Society''


'''Early San Francisco bicyclists'''
[[Image:League-of-American-Wheelmen-SF-1890s 20140520 173318.jpg]]


[[Image:transit1$cartoon-biker-with-umbrella.jpg]]
'''League of American Wheelmen meeting in San Francisco, mid-1890s.'''


'''[http://www.hughillustration.com Hugh D'Andrade] cartoon of a bicyclist with an umbrella.'''
''Image: courtesy California Historical Society''


[[Image:transit1$1896-scorcher-parade$scorcher_itm$scorcher-cartoon.jpg]]
[[Image:Wasp The-Cyclery 505-Stanyan since-1886 .jpg]]


'''Cartoon about "scorchers" (bicycles) from the turn of the century (19th-20th).'''
'''The Cyclery, a bicycling business along the Stanyan Street east end of Golden Gate Park, since 1886, according to this ad that appeared in The Wasp.'''


<font size=4>19th Century Velodromes in SF</font>
''Image: California Historical Society''


Today's Department of Motor Vehicles at Baker and Fell sits on the site of what was a bicycling Velodrome in 1893. Other velodromes were located at 7th and Stevenson (most recently the Greyhound Terminal, now the new Federal Building at 7th and Mission) and the Valencia Gardens Housing Project.
[[19th Century Bicycling: Rubber was the Dark Secret|19th Century Bicycling: Rubber was the Dark Secret]]




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[[category:Transit]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:1910s]]
[[category:Transit]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:Bicycling]]

Latest revision as of 20:49, 26 May 2020

Unfinished History

Museum-of-19th-century-curiosities WASP-1890s.jpg

Museum of 19th century curiosities from the WASP... modern women with their bicycles examine the relics of times gone by (or soon to pass!)

Image: California Historical Society

WASP-1895-Bicycle-edition-CHS.jpg

The Bicycle Issue of the WASP, August 1895.

Image: California Historical Society

Transit1$bicycle-parade-cartoon.jpg

Bicycle Parade from Golden Gate Park to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition on the north shore of the city, 1915.

<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/ABicycleBuiltForTwo" width="500" height="30" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Bicycle Built for Two traditional song from the 1890s.

More than 5,000 cyclists (known then as "scorchers" for the amazing speeds they achieved!) blazed a trail about five miles long in a spectacular "Good Roads Rally." Over 100,000 lined the streets on Saturday night, July 25th, 1896, as cyclists demanded asphalt and improved roads in San Francisco. Many riders preferred local Velodromes during this era.

<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/ssfCYCL1915" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Cycling to the PPIE Fair 1915
Video: Prelinger Archive

October 1896 Parade

League-of-American-Wheelmen-SF-1890s 20140520 173346.jpg

League of American Wheelmen meeting in San Francisco, mid-1890s.

Image: courtesy California Historical Society

League-of-American-Wheelmen-SF-1890s 20140520 173318.jpg

League of American Wheelmen meeting in San Francisco, mid-1890s.

Image: courtesy California Historical Society

Wasp The-Cyclery 505-Stanyan since-1886 .jpg

The Cyclery, a bicycling business along the Stanyan Street east end of Golden Gate Park, since 1886, according to this ad that appeared in The Wasp.

Image: California Historical Society

19th Century Bicycling: Rubber was the Dark Secret


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