Bicycles, A - C
name: label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 1: Transportation
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 1: Transportation / 1.3: Bicycles
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1882-1902
container: label: Container
content: Box 16, Folder A
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Folders A-D contain the largest part of the bicycle material--basically 19th century items (excluding velocipede items). Most of the sheet music dates from the 1890s and almost all have cover illustrations. Many of the covers feature young women (often sporting bloomers), and many pieces are dedicated to women bicyclists. Other topics and images include bicycle clubs (dedications to, photographs of), bicycle stunts and racing, and courtship. Both instrumental (piano) and vocal music is included. Most of the instrumental compositions are ragtime, marches, and two-steps. (circa 160 items)