[Tourmaline]

Everybody is doing it.



1888 - LA Bicycle Champions. (The competition must have been stiff that year)

http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0


(Christian Bale distant relative?)


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...460554623d.jpg


1893 - Los Angeles Athletic Club Bicycle team.

http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../id/7587/rec/9

How long will this last?





~1900 -- Mrs. Henry Hazard goes two-wheeling on Figueroa Street North of Washington. (Note height of utility pole-observation post in background)

http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/3491/rec/18




"Mrs. H, what lovely balloon tires you have!"





~1900 - When it comes to cinched waists, Mrs. H has met her match .

http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/7584/rec/22





~1890 - Unidentified Los Angeles Residence. (look closely for the velocepede)
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...3F645SVB7U.jpg



~1890 - Unidentified Los Angeles Residence (these people only wish they had a two-wheeler!) (Maybe someone recognizes the house.)
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...N7VRCSEV5M.jpg





1910 - Fifth and Spring Streets (Rambler Cycle House - 207 E Fifth Street, Wm. Cowan, Proprietor) (Rambler made automobiles and bicycles, but which ones were more reliable?)

http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/3520/rec/32












1940 - Catalina, Chuck Chaplin and his alleged spouse, Paulette Godard.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s0lEP-wEPf...0/P5200592.JPG



1963 - Mark and Melvin deliver the Valley Times
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00111/00111055.jpg



1932 - Undescribed Gold (left) and Silver (right) medalists for the '32 Games at Rose Bowl.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics42/00055854.jpg



1890 - 208 Magnolia Ave., Riverside
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...AGFVG39KLM.jpg


~1900 - Family in front of Norwalk home
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...VEMAQTQ7JY.jpg




1940 - Pasadena Library, 999 East Washington Blvd.

http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/2940/rec/28








January 1906. Per Tetsu (below) source misidentifies this as a Pasadena Street. More likely the Thorpe Bldg. in DTLA. As noirish as they come.

http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/1040/rec/36

Ripe for the taking?