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| Title | Girls on bikes at Redmond Bicycle Derby, Redmond, August 23, 1947 |
| Photographer | Rote, Clarence J.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1947 |
| Caption | The 1947 Redmond Bicycle Derby began with a parade of children in costume and the crowning of the derby's queen. The bicycle race, run under the rules of the National Amateur Racing Authority, began in the early afternoon, with classes for men and junior and senior boys and girls. Junior riders raced from Issaquah to Redmond, and senior riders raced a 25 mile route around Lake Sammamish.
This 1947 photo shows five girls on bikes during the Redmond Bicycle Derby. |
| Notes | Handwritten on negative: Bike Derby - Redmond 8-23-47.
Handwritten on sleeve: REDMOND, Wash., Bike Derby.
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 25, 1947. |
| Subjects | Bicycle racing--Washington (State)--Redmond; Bicycles & tricycles--Washington (State)--Redmond; Spectators--Washington (State)--Redmond; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Redmond; Women--Washington (State)--Redmond |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Redmond |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.6656.2 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
