[Boston Bicycle Club]

[Boston Bicycle Club]

Photograph

James Notman

Maker
Canadian, b. Scotland, 1849–1932

[Boston Bicycle Club]

September 11, 1879
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Image: 6 3/16 × 9 1/8 in. (15.7 × 23.2 cm)
Mount: 12 3/8 × 14 1/16 in. (31.4 × 35.7 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1980.0530.0001
Inscriptions Printed on separate note: First Organized Two Days' Tour of Boston Bicycle Club, in Wheel Around \ the Hub, held Sept. 11-12th 1879. This picture was taken by James Notman \ in Grove of Pleasant Memories of Readville, Massachusetts on the first \ day of the run. Those identified: 1 -- J. G. Dalton, Boston Bi. Club, and \ second to ride a bicycle in U. S. And author of Forty Poets of the Wheel- \ [see image for full text]

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