Archive Bike Photos

Finishing work

Rush hour around 1900, people cycling home from work.

Cycle Race Kings Sutton

Cycle Race in Kings Sutton 1909. Looks like they are racing on grass. At the time, racing on the roads was not really allowed

School Children 1920s

School children in the 1920s, note the state of the road! At least some things have got much better. School, Bucknell, Oxfordshire, England

An early child carriage

The Rev. A.R. Ezard taking his two child by bike in Oxford

Properly Dressed

I don’t know what the Edwardians would have made of the modern triathlon outfit, with cut away shoulders e.t.c. Obviously, being properly dressed was considered more important than aerodynamics.

A nice ride into town

You get the feeling these well dressed people are cycling around 5-6mph; but, probably really enjoying their ‘slow cycling’

They are members of the Hall family cycling along Wantage Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, England

Delivery boys balancing boxes

Bikes just competiting with a a few horse drawn carriages. Bridge Street, Pershore, Worcestershire in 1900

Cycle Shop of the 1930s

Love the old advertising slogans:

‘Ride a CWS cycle and OVERCOME all OBSTACLES’

‘She or He flies through the air with the greatest of ease with an CWS cycle’

Window display of C.W.S. cycles in an Oxford and District Co-op shop

Cycling along a country lane

Hazy sunshine. It looks like they are posing for photo with some ladies holding bikes. The road looks like the old pave section of cobbles, but, its hard to be too clear.

Man Bicycle

Man with Bicycle around 1906

Copyright

Images are Copyright Images & Voices, Oxfordshire County Council – used with permission. Oxfordshire Archive

If you know of any other archive cycling collections, I’d be interested to hear.

Thanks also to Constantine Grace who currently has an exhibition at the Museum of Oxford – Pedal Power, which gave idea for this post.

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