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Members of the NYC Women’s Machine Gun Squad Police Reserves Riding a Sidecar-Mounted Machine Gun, ca. 1918

June 14, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site Harley-Davidson’s military motorcycle history spans over a century. In 1917, the United States entered World War I. […]

Fascinating Photos of Emily Lloyd Cycling in “Wish You Were Here” (1987)

June 6, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWish You Were Here is a 1987 British comedy-drama film written and directed by David Leland and starring […]

Fascinating Vintage Photographs Capture Inside the Milwaukee Harley-Davidson Factory in 1918

May 21, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOf the ‘Big 3’ American motorcycle manufacturers responding to US Military requests for motorcycles, it was Harley-Davidson that […]

This Is the Only Known Lambretta Amphi-Scooter in the World

May 20, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis is a 1964 Lambretta Amphi-Scooter, and as the name suggests, it’s a Lambretta scooter-based amphibious vehicle. The […]

Firefighter Bicycle, ca. 1905

May 4, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis bicycle, built in the early 1900s, was used by the firefighters that worked in petrochemical industries. The […]

German Factory Introducing the ‘“Double-Lambretta”, 1953

April 15, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1953, the NSU factory at Dusseldorf Germany has introduced the “Double-Lambretta.” The idea is that a young […]

Amazing Vintage Photographs Captured Inside Indian Motorcycle Factory in 1918

April 8, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe “Indian Motorcycle Co.” was founded as the Hendee Manufacturing Company by George M. Hendee in 1897 to […]

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Ambulance, 1920

April 7, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAn early ambulance operated by St John, in the U.K., 1920. The patient was placed in a coffin-like […]

Ethel Purtle Performing at the “Wall of Death” With Her Lion King by Her Side

January 1, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteToday, Motordrome, circular board racing tracks to put the popularity, speed, and power of motorcycles on the map, […]

A Female Firefighting Team on a Converted Motorcycle in London, 1925

December 17, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHere is a 1925 photo of a Royal Enfield sidecar outfit. Posing with it are women firefighters of […]

Vintage Photographs of People Riding Electric Scooters From the Early 20th Century

November 23, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe electric scooter seems like a new fashionable means of transport, we can find it around the streets. […]

These Two Women Demonstrate How to Turn This Sidecar in to a Small Caravan With Two Beds in 1958

November 20, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese remarkable photographs were taken in the UK in 1958 as two women enjoyed a weekend away staying […]

Amazing Vintage Photos of Tandem Cycling Sport Taken by Jules Beau From the 19th Century

November 16, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBefore the First World War, sport was a multi-facetted social phenomenon in Paris. On the one hand, the […]

The Rudge Coventry Rotary Tricycle From the Late 19th Century

November 15, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSocial, but reserved for the wealthy: even elaborate bicycles like these Starley trikes were expensive. This chassis was […]

Wooden Balls Speed Cycle Races, 1932

October 16, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1932, Les Blakeborough, the well known English dirt track motorcycle rider, has invented an entirely new back […]

Funny Photographs of Rosalind Russell Riding Bicycle on the Set of “The Trouble with Angels” (1966)

October 13, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Trouble with Angels is a 1966 American comedy film about the adventures of two girls in an […]

In 1935, Fred Luther Tried to Go 200 MPH on a Motorcycle at Bonneville Salt Flats

October 12, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThat is the outright land speed record, not just the motorcycle land speed record! Now what made Fred […]

“Tricycle” Training Army Bombers, 1940

October 4, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePerched on an odd three-wheeled framework of metal tubing, a U. S. Army pilot and his bombardier were […]

Bicycle Has Steering Wheel and Chairlike Seat, 1936

October 1, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteEquipped with a chairlike seat, in 1936, a bicycle introduced in Paris permits the rider to sit up […]

The 1949 Jet-Powered Bike

September 11, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBurning ordinary automotive gasoline, a jet engine for commercial use has been installed experimentally on a motorbike which […]

Elvis Presley and Mary Selph Cruising the Streets of Memphis, 1972

September 3, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteElvis Presley and Mary ‘Kathleen’ Selph riding his 1971 Harley-Davidson FLH Electra-Glide motorcycle in Memphis at the corner […]

The Amphibious Tricycle, ca. 1886

August 13, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis strange-looking machine was built by a Worcester man, Mr. Harry Savage, about 1896. Mr. Savage worked at […]

Dual Controls on Motorcycle, 1949

August 11, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1949, dual controls on a new motorcycle permit either rider to drive the machine. When used as […]

Lawson’s Motor Wheel, 1902

August 5, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteLawson tricars were produced from 1900 to 1901, and built by the Crypto works. Few, perhaps only two, […]

Supergeared French Bike Gives Cyclist Choice of Several Speeds, 1954

August 4, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThere’s a weird assortment of sprockets and chains incorporated into a supergeared bicycle invented in France in 1954. […]

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