Cycling section of the Des Moines Register in the summer of 1896
This file appears in: Early Des Moines Bicycle History: High wheels, the safety bicycle boom, and beyond
Sample cycling section of the Des Moines Register in the summer of 1896. Note the extensive social uses of the bicycle, as well as the race results.
This file appears in: Early Des Moines Bicycle History: High wheels, the safety bicycle boom, and beyond
Early Des Moines Bicycle History: High wheels, the safety bicycle boom, and beyond
Everyone in America were riding bicycles in 1896, and the people of Des Moines were no exception.