Cycling Collection (page 88)

Woman cycling beside waterway with redevelopment, Canary Wharf in distance, Limehouse Basin, Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, London, England, september

Cycle path in city, Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, London, England, september

The Neupfarrkirche Protestant Church, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Cycling lessons - Mumbai, India
Cycling lessons for Indian Women in Mumbai, India. Date: circa 1910s

Hercules bicycles Coronation advertisement
Advertisement for Hercules Bicycles, founded in 1910 in Birmingham, showing the street of a typical British town decorated with flags, swags and bunting for the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

The Donaldson bicycle lithos for the season of 1896. Date ca. 1896

Athletic sports. Date c1887 July 12

All Clear by Helen McKie - ARP wardens on bicycles
Jolly illustration by Helen McKie showing a rather lecherous looking older male Air Raid Patrol warden cycling alongside a young, pretty female colleague. Date: c.1940

Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood
Blind inmates enjoying activities such as cycling, boating, and swings at Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood. The specially constructed cycles had their wheels side-by-side. Date: 1895

Italian Sharpshooter on a bicycle
A mobile member of the Italian Army - a cycling sharpshooter Date: circa 1910s

Meteor Bicycles Poster
Poster for the bicycle Meteor, 1910s. Date: 1910s

Egyptian man on a bicycle, Cairo - just passing the pyramids as he races to work! Date: 1903

French view of an English Gent in London
Spectacularly stereotypical French view of an English Gent in London, complete with plaid trousers, pith helmet, sinister expression (!) and a background of dark satanic mills!!! Date: 1901

Cycle race in Malmo
Cycle race, Malmo, Sweden about 1910. Date: 1910

Final Lap Bell
Cycle racing : Ringing the final lap bell, Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

A group of cyclists in France
A silhouette showing a group of cyclists in the Bois de Boulogne, France Date: 1898

Swedish cyclists
Cyclists by a crossing, Landskrona, 1950. Date: 1950

Road racing
Road Racing, , Arlov, Scabia 1947 Date: 1947

Motor cycle racing
Road Racing, , Arlov, Scabia 1947 Date: 1947

Racing Cyclist
A racing cyclist. Date: 1980s

Cyclists in Hamilton, Bermuda
Cyclists in Bermuda - this postcard is captioned " Rapid Transport" Date: circa late 1930s

Cycling by the sea
A female cyclist, silhouetted by the setting sun, rides by the sea. Date: 1898

Cycling with gas masks in WWII
Two French women cycle to work in Paris with gas masks slung over their shoulders in canisters. Date: 1939

Ireland / Tim Healy Pass
A fine impression of cyclists and cattle on one of the S- bends of the Tim Healy Pass, County Cork, Ireland. Date: 1950s

Students on Bicycles
Young male students leaving the engineering building at Cambridge University, many on bicycles Date: circa 1960

A German Bicycle Boat
A bicycle boat on a street in Germany. Date: early 1930s

Cycling Winners Rostrum
Two happy cyclists waving from the Winners Rostrum of the Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Sprint Cyclists
Sprint cyclists, nose to tail on the cycle race track, Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Danish Women Cyclist
Ladies cycling in Copenhagen, Denmark, where simply EVERYONE goes awheel nowadays. Date: 1930s

Thames Pastimes
Fishing and cycling on the banks of the River Thames at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Date: 1940s

Cycle Race Push Start
A cyclist is given a push start at the beginning of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

Cycle Race Starting Gun
An old man in a peaked cap blows the starting whistle and fires his gun at the start of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

Cycling Girls
Two young women cyclists rest awhile and study a map, near High Beach, Epping Forest, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Amusing Signpost
Beleve it or not, while cycling in Bedfordshire, England, this rider suddenly saw this sign post telling him he was within a mile of Ireland! Date: 1940s

Blonde Tour Cyclist
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, in the picturesque village of West Pennard, Somerset. The Church of St. Nicholas, built on a hill, has a sloping aisle. Date: 1930s

Tour Cyclist on Rocks
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, goes through a rough patch, wheeling her bicycle over some rocks on a path or dry river bed, Quantocks, Somerset. Date: 1930s

Mending a Puncture

Cycling Stop
A young male tour cyclist stands beside a tandem to admire the unusual combination of a farm and church at Graveley, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

Smoking Cyclists
Four cycling club boys take a break from their healthy exercise - one of them has a drink, while the other three smoke pipes! Date: 1930s

Littlebury Cylists
Two young men on a cycling tour, take time out to admire the old village pump in the centre of Littlebury, Essex, England. Date: 1940s

Cycling Storm

Great Canfield Church
Tour cyclists admire the Norman church at Great Canfield, Essex, England, noted for its 13th century wallpainting over the altar. Date: 1930s

COCK AND BELL INN
Cyclists stop to admire the Cock and Bell Inn, at High Easter, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Muddy Cyclist

Female Tour Cyclist
Study of a female touring cyclist, in the days when groups of young people used to tour Britain on their bicycles. Date: 1930s

Cycling Discussion
Which way shall it be? Four cycling club boys halt for a dicussion over a map. Date: 1930s

Royal Tweed Bridge
Jacobean and modern bridges at Berick on Tweed, Northumberland, England. The modern Royal Tweed Bridge was opened in 1928. The old Border Bridge behind is 17th century. Date: opened 1928

Cycle Cross, cross country cycle racing. Date: 1981

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