1897 Bicycle Racing Past & Present ~ Article, Photos

This is an original illustrated magazine article that has been carefully extracted from an 1897 issue of Metropolitan Magazine.

Photos include:

ï Eddie Bald and Ray McDonald as a tandem team, and the latter on his single
ï "Tom Cooper"
ï James E. Ware out for a record
ï Church, Bald, and Eaton, a trio of noble racing men
ï Henry Smith of Baltimore, who broke the American twenty-four hour record this year
ï Zimmerman
ï Mlle. de Margelleny, who is not averse to showing her speed on the Bois de Boulogne
ï W.W. Windle
ï and others

Title: Bicycle Racing Past and Present by H.L. Patten

Length (includes front & back): 9 pages

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 6 x 9

Condition: VG to excellent (the atticpaper watermark does not appear on the actual article)