Up until the invention of the modern “safety” bicycle in 1887, few women rode the high wheel bicycles of the previous generation. But in the 1890s, a “cycling craze” offered a new kind of mobility to many young women.
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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