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Cycling Collection

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Background imageCycling Collection: Postman, Harnham, Salisbury OP04500

Postman, Harnham, Salisbury OP04500
HARNHAM, Salisbury, Wiltshire. View from the Old Mill at Harnham, looking across the water meadows towards Salisbury Cathedral with a postman pushing his bicycle along the Town Path in

Background imageCycling Collection: The Sociable OFH01_01_02_055

The Sociable OFH01_01_02_055
Portrait of a man and a woman sitting side by side on a double tricycle, around 1890. The tricycle shown here, known as the Sociable, was manufactured from 1877

Background imageCycling Collection: Putney Cycling Club OFH01_01_02_052

Putney Cycling Club OFH01_01_02_052
Portrait of eight men in club kit posed for the camera with their penny farthing bicycles, around 1890. The photograph may show members of the Putney Cycling Club

Background imageCycling Collection: Putney Cycling Club OFH01_01_R09_20

Putney Cycling Club OFH01_01_R09_20
A group of cyclists with bicycles and tricycles, standing with Sir Henry Kimber. This image may show a meeting of the Putney Cycling Club, which was founded in 1888

Background imageCycling Collection: Photographing cyclists OFH01_01_02_056

Photographing cyclists OFH01_01_02_056
A photographer taking a photograph of two men posed on the bank of the River Thames beside a penny farthing bicycle, around 1890

Background imageCycling Collection: Putney Cycling Club OFH01_01_F10_10

Putney Cycling Club OFH01_01_F10_10
A group of cyclists with penny farthings and tricycles lining up, possibly at the start of a race, around 1890. This image appears in Pet Heerys book The Putney Velodrome

Background imageCycling Collection: Queens College, Oxford CC51_00352

Queens College, Oxford CC51_00352
QUEENs COLLEGE, Oxford, Oxfordshire. A 1903 view looking west along the south arcade of the front quad with parked bicycles belonging to members of the college

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycle race JLP01_09_811194

Cycle race JLP01_09_811194
Luton Town Hall, Luton, Bedfordshire. People watching a cycle race, sponsored by Laing and EPL International, passing through Luton town centre

Background imageCycling Collection: Shopping precinct DP232455

Shopping precinct DP232455
The Towers, Southgate, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. General view looking south along Queensway towards The Towers apartment block, with bicycles parked in the foreground

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycling in Hyde Park CC97_01239

Cycling in Hyde Park CC97_01239
Hyde Park, Westminster, Greater London. A general view of both male and female cyclists in Hyde Park with spectators lining the route. York & Son, 1890s

Background imageCycling Collection: Mill Green, Broxted, Essex a81_00922

Mill Green, Broxted, Essex a81_00922
MILL GREEN, Broxted, Essex. A cyclist rests his tandem against the finger post / sign post at Mill Green in Broxted. A windmill stands in the background

Background imageCycling Collection: Radcliffe Camera, Oxford K991472

Radcliffe Camera, Oxford K991472
RADCLIFFE CAMERA, Radcliffe Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire. External view of the English Baroque style library with bicycles against the railings

Background imageCycling Collection: Peterhouse College, Cambridge K991428

Peterhouse College, Cambridge K991428
PETERHOUSE COLLEGE, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. View of the arcade with bicycles

Background imageCycling Collection: Cyclist in Cambridgeshire a080895

Cyclist in Cambridgeshire a080895
A woman cycling along a road raised up above the surrounding fenland. Photographed by John Gay in the early 1950s

Background imageCycling Collection: Bicycles a082787

Bicycles a082787
Two bicycles propped against a stone wall in Somerset. Photographed by John Gay during the 1950s

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycling in Hyde Park CC97_01240

Cycling in Hyde Park CC97_01240
Cyclists in Hyde Park, London. York and Son 1870-1900

Background imageCycling Collection: Monnow Bridge MOT01_01_48

Monnow Bridge MOT01_01_48
MONNOW BRIDGE AND GATE, MONMOUTH, MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES. A man leading a horse and cart through the Monnow Gate, with a man and bicycle beyond, 1920s-1930s



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