Cycling
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
John T. Waters collection
Collection
Identifier: L175
Scope and Contents
The collection includes account books for the Waters furniture store (1885-1891, 1904-1908) and funeral business (1875-1891); Isaac White's account of fines collected as justice of the peace (1881-1883); John T. Waters's business papers and correspondence (1882-1917), including receipts and correspondence regarding his bicycling interests (1880s-1890s), and family letters from Brownsburg, Hendricks County and Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana (1888-1889); and photocopies of Waters family papers...
Dates:
1815-1908
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John T. Waters collection
Oscar V. Babcock photographs
Collection — Folder SP054
Identifier: SP054
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs of Oscar Babcock in Indianapolis, Indiana in June-July, 1907 regarding Babcock's performances as a stunt cyclist at Wonderland Park, an amusement park on East Washington Street. Babcock is seen looping the "Death Trap Loop" on his bicycle in front of the Third Degree building at the park in front of an audience.
Dates:
circa 1905-1930
Zig Zag Cycle Club collection
Collection
Identifier: L218
Scope and Contents
The records include club minutes (1895–1896), a register of members, copy of the Zig Zag Cycle Club’s proposed legislation on improving state roads, letters, two issues of Bicycle World (1897), clippings, and photographs from the Zig Zag Cycle Club in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1895 to 1897.
Dates:
1895-1897
