darkemeralds: Naked woman on a bike, caption "I don't care, I'm still free" (Bike Freedom)
darkemeralds ([personal profile] darkemeralds) wrote in [community profile] bicycles2012-05-14 10:07 am
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Deep roots in bike-riding

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I thought the community might enjoy this photo, circa 1895 (maybe?), of my great-grandmother Gertrude Cone and her elegant ladies' bicycle at the side of the Willamette River in Portland.

Gertrude Cone, aged about 17, in a Victorian riding outfit, standing with her ladies' bicycle at the riverside in Portland, Oregon, about 1895
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