Cycling section example from the summer of 1896
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Another cycling section of the Des Moines Register, from 1896 during the height of the cycling boom. Note the news about cross-country tourists passing through, and the individual purchases of bicycles which were reported.
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.