04617ckm a2200565 a 4500 000277769 20230712170801.0 kj bmo 010416k18841888paunnn kneng d NEHE-1521 ppl PPL gihc Kohler, Frank W., b. 1861. Franklin W. Kohler bicycling events 1884 [graphic]. 1884-1926, bulk 1884-1888. 1 scrapbook (ca. 100 clippings, 15 items, 2 photographic prints, 1 drawing): letterpress, albumen, pencil; scrapbook 30 x 22 cm. (11.5 x 8.75 in.) Title from plate on front cover. Brown morocco binding. Front free end paper inscribed: Bicycling. Scrapbook of local newspaper and sports periodical clippings compiled by competitive Philadelphia bicyclist Frank W. Kohler, predominantly about his cycling pursuits and achievements, and involvement with the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club. Clippings describe local and regional bicycle tournaments and meets, including the exhibition at Jumbo Park in South Philadelphia and the second annual meet of the Pennsylvania Division League of American Wheelmen (1884); time records broken by Kohler and his peers, including the "Lancaster Pike" (1886); Pennsylvania Bicycle Club cycling tours, including to Baltimore (1884), Niagara (1885), and upstate New York (1888); and the history of the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club. Also contains various bicycle club event and race programs (some annotated with times), including for the West Philadelphia Athletic Association and Buffalo Bicycle Club; prize ribbons; a sign up sheet for a two week tour to Dingman’s Ferry organized by Kohler in August 1888; a pencil sketch titled “The Way the Victors get There Moral. Buy a____?" showing a bicyclist and his bicycle in a horse-drawn wagon; an invitation to the 1888 opening of the new building of the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club (3940-42 Girard Avenue); menus for club banquets; and two inscribed photographs. Photographs show a group portrait of the club in front of the "Penna. Bicycle Club House Philada Pa. 1884 [sic]" at Girard Avenue and racers lined up to start the "2 mile race won by F.W. Kohler" in Fairmount Park on September 14, 1884. Other ephemera includes tickets to the Columbian Exposition (1893); golf score cards for Griffith Park, Los Angeles (1918); and an 1893 "Street Railway Review" article about Kohler and his brother G. A. (possibly the Albert Kohler cited in some clippings) managing the Eddy Electric Manufacturing Company. Articles clipped from the "L.A.W (League of American Wheelman) Bulletin"; "The Philadelphia Press"; and "The American Athlete." Authors include Ninon Neckar. Frank W. Kohler (b. 1861), son of prominent Philadelphia bookbinder Ignatius Kohler (1817-1901), worked in his father's trade, was a premier amateur bicyclist, and member of the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club. Kohler served as First Lieutenant of the club founded in 1882 in West Philadelphia; held club speed records; and organized cycling tours of its members. By 1893, Kohler had relocated to Chicago and operated the Eddy Electric Manufacturing Company with his brother G. A. Kohler. Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. LCP AR [Annual Report], p. 55-56. Binding in poor condition. Album housed in phase box. Kohler, Frank W., b. 1861 Portraits. Kohler, Frank W., b. 1861 Homes & haunts. Kohler, Frank W., b. 1861 Social life. Kohler, Frank W., b. 1861 Sports. League of American Wheelmen People. Pennsylvania Bicycle Club People. Cycling. lctgm 70721 Girard Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3940-3942. Scrapbooks 1880-1930. gmgpc Albumen prints 1880-1890. gmgpc Group portrait photographs 1880-1890. gmgpc Pencil works 1880-1890. gmgpc Clippings 1880-1930. gmgpc Letterpress works 1880-1930. gmgpc Ephemera 1880-1930. gmgpc Morocco bindings (Binding), rbbin Imprint PA. Philadelphia. 1884-1888. Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT albums - Kohler [P.9414] P.9414 P-9414-7a p. 7a P-9414-47a p. 47a P-9414-c-v Back pastedown 263917 263917 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100624 1413 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100624 1502 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100628 1028 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100628 1106 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100628 1112 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100628 1114 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100628 1159 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100628 1204 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100628 1207 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100629 1019 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100629 1141 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100630 1018 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100702 1211 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100702 1333 000277769 ERIKA 40 20100725 1933 000277769 LINDAW 40 20120410 1042 000277769 ERIKA 40 20170925 1457 000277769 SARAH 40 20171023 1520 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1884-1888. Imprint