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Bicycle glide [graphic] / By W. Diederich; Thos. Hunter, lith. Phila.
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Contributor
Diederich, W., composer.
Hunter, Thomas, printer.
Philadelphia Bicycle Club, dedicatee.
Lee & Walker, publisher.
Title
Bicycle glide [graphic] / By W. Diederich; Thos. Hunter, lith. Phila.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Lee & Walker 113 Chestnut St
Date
c1880
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph.
Description
Sheet music cover containing a genre scene, circa the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, showing bicyclists on East River Drive, i.e. Kelly Drive in East Fairmount Park. In the foreground, a man in checkered coat, striped bicycle pants, and a "Deerstalker" cap rides a "High Wheeler" in front of an arch of the New York Connecting Railway Bridge (built 1866-1867) spanning the Schuylkill River. Behind him, two other bicyclists follow and pass a startled horse pulling a buggy being approached by a park guard from across the road. A locomotive travels over the bridge. In the background, the Promontory Rock Tunnel (bored in 1871), the Girard Avenue Bridge (built 1872-1874), and the Centennial Exhibition observation tower, "Iron Tower," on George's Hill in West Fairmount Park are visible. Scullers row near a steamboat under the distantly-seen bridge on which a locomotive crosses. Also shows horse-drawn carriages traveling on the drive and on the Girard Avenue Bridge. The Iron Tower was removed to Coney Island following the close of the exhibition.
Notes
Dedication: Respectfully dedicated to "The Philadelphia Bicycle Club."
Not in Wainwright.
Price printed on recto: 5.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 282
Johns Hopkins University: Levy Collection Box 061, Item 006
Free Library of Philadelphia Music Department holds copy.
Subject
Bicyclists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Locomotives -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Observation towers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Tunnels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Kelly Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard Avenue Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Connecting Railway Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre
Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Sheet music covers -- 1880-1890.
Printer
Lee & Walker, publisher.
Location
Johns Hopkins University| Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries. | JHU Levy Collection Box 061, Item 006
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Johns Hopkins University | Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries
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