Sepia Saturday

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This week Sepia Saturday has challenged bloggers with the photo above of a woman with her bicycle. 

I've foraged around the Library of Congress to find some photos to share of women and their bikes. Enjoy!

Opper, Frederick Burr, Artist. The "new woman" and her bicycle - there will be several varieties of her / F. Opper. , 1895. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012648801/.

Penfield, Edward, Artist. Ride a Stearns and be content / J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bld'g, N.Y. , 1896. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99471807/.

Chéret, Jules, Artist. L'Etendard français, bicyclettes et tricycles / J. Chéret, 91. France, 1891. Paris: Imp. Chaix Ateliers Chéret, 20, rue Bergére. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004675012/.


Ehrhart, S. D. , Approximately , Artist. The bicycle - the great dress reformer of the nineteenth century! / Ehrhart. , 1895. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, August 7. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012648650/.

Comments

  1. Mike BrubakerMarch 27, 2022 at 12:08 PM

    Love the images! I can understand how the bicycle was both liberating for women and revolutionary for fashions. Once women began buying bicycles I must have been a challenge to manufacturers to figure out the best marketing plan.

    Your link on Sepia Saturday is a loop back to SS and could use a fix. But everyone we'll figure it out.

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    1. smkelly8March 27, 2022 at 3:08 PM

      I love how Sepia Saturday gets me to look into different aspects of history - like women and bikes.

      Thanks for letting me know about the link.

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  2. La NightingailMarch 28, 2022 at 4:25 PM

    The fashions that came about in the biking age were really something, but I have to wonder if they were all that safe to actually ride a bike in? :)

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  3. Monica T.March 29, 2022 at 9:18 AM

    Great finds :)

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  4. Barbara RogersMarch 30, 2022 at 7:29 AM

    Great ads for women to enjoy bicycling! And we have ever since...

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