Colchester Bicycle Club
PhotographerPhotographed by
Irving Watkinson
American, 1867 - 1942
Date1894
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 1/8 x 8in. (15.6 x 20.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 1/8 x 8in. (15.6 x 20.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 3/4 x 9 7/8in. (19.7 x 25.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 1/8 x 8in. (15.6 x 20.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 3/4 x 9 7/8in. (19.7 x 25.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
DescriptionA group of mostly middle-aged men pose in a grassy field. The four men in the front row are seated cross-legged on the ground. The three men in the center row sit in chairs with their arms crossed. The six men in the back row are standing. Some men have mustaches. Some wear shirts and neckties; others wear jerseys. All wear tight pants and gaiters. One man holds a Stetson hat. One man appears to be smoking a cigar or cigarette. A dirt road or driveway, a rail fence, and large trees are in the background.
Object number2012.233.235
InscribedOn recto, beneath image, in black ink, "H. Hubbard C.B. Rogers A.G. White E. Marvin J. T. Halland E.D. Davis / F. McDermott D.A. Crowley E. R. Wilbur / A. G. Cooper W. F. Murphy Geo. Emmons S. A. Taylor Colchester May 30th 1894"On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numbersNotesSubject Note: The men appear to be part of some kind of athletic club, possibly a bicycle club. The tight pants and gaiters that all of them are wearing were favored by bicyclists at the end of the nineteenth century. (Finlay 3/14/2014)
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