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Man riding Indian motorcycle, 1934
Order an ImageMotorcycle hillclimbing was a popular sport even as long ago as the 1930s. The object of the competition was to see who could get to the hilltop first without falling off his bike. This rider wears a football helmet and rides an Indian motorcycle. The Indian Motorcycle Company was the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer before World War I.
Handwritten on sleeve: MOTORCYCLES.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 23, 1934.
Caption information source: P-I exhibit.
Handwritten on sleeve: MOTORCYCLES.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 23, 1934.
Caption information source: P-I exhibit.
ID Number: 1986.5.5727.1
Date: 1934
Physical Description: 1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.5727.1
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