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19th Century Bicycle News The Library of Congress, Cornell University Library and other institutions have collaborated to provide a unique online resource in The Nineteenth Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals, a collection that presents digitized editions of twenty-three popular periodicals. Use the menu to view a sampling of bicycle news and commentary from original sources as it was presented more than a century ago, or scroll down the list of annotated links to find a topic of interest. Progress of the Velocipede in Scientific American - Volume 20, Issue 15, April 10, 1869 Improved Three-Wheeled Velocipede in Scientific American - Volume 20, Issue 20, May 15, 1869 The Velocipede in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 1, Issue 8, August 1869 Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Hetzel, Paris, France - 1873 Porter & Coates, London, England - 1873 Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library - 1999 Jules Verne Virtual Library A Bicycle Era in Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Volume 63, Issue 374, July, 1881 "Suddenly the nickel-clad horse takes the bit in its mouth and goes slanting for the curbstone defying all prayers and all your powers to change its mind — your heart stands still, your breath hangs fire, your legs forget to work . . . . Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live."Taming the Bicycle by Mark Twain in From What Is Man? and Other Essays Harper and Brothers, New York, N.Y. - 1917 BoondocksNet Edition - 2001 The Columbia Bicycle Calendar for 1887 in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 19, Issue 2, February, 1887 Around the World on a Bicycle by Thomas Stevens in The North American Review - Volume 145, Issue 371, October, 1887 Nellie Bly's Book - Around the World in Seventy-Two Days by Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Jane Cochrane) Brentano's, London, England - 1890 Pictorial Weeklies, New York, N.Y. - 1890 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. - 1999 Application of Rubber to Bicycle Wheels in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 23, Issue 6, June, 1891 "Personal transportation was still by buggy, carriage or farm wagon. Livery stables were a major building type in Corvallis' business district. In 1892, the newspaper noted that Chas. Hodson rode a Columbia with pneumatic tires from McMinville to Corvallis — 53 miles in 8 hours. This was the first time a pneumatic tire was brought to Corvallis (Corvallis Gazette, June 27, 1892). An indication of the popularity of bicycling at this time is the formation of the Corvallis Cycling Club in 1894 and the establishment of several bicycle shops in downtown Corvallis in the 1890s."The Lovell "Diamond" Safety Bicycle in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 24, Issue 8, August, 1892 An Asphalt Bicycle Road from New York to Chicago in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 24, Issue 11, November, 1892 Cycle-Infantry Drill Regulations by Brigadier General Albert Ordway in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 25, Issue 1, January, 1893 The Bicycle in its Relations to the Physician by Seneca Egbert, A. M., M. D., in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 25, Issue 3, March, 1893 The Evolution of the Bicycle in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 25, Issue 5, May, 1893 "With the cheapening in the cost of bicycle riding in the public streets has come the abuse of that privilege by thousands of ignorant and loaferish individuals. Many of the bicyclists who swarm along the smooth asphalt of the Boulevard [Broadway, as it was known then], particularly at night and on Sunday, are irresponsible and reckless young men to whom a stable keeper would not entrust a saddle horse . . ."Kyphosis Bicyclistarum in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 25, Issue 8, August, 1893 Aluminum for Bicycles in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 25, Issue 9, September, 1893 Bicycle Power-Plating Dynamo in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 25, Issue 9, September, 1893 Bicycle for the Park Police in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 26, Issue 5, May, 1894 Across Asia on a Bicycle: Beyond the Bosporus by Thomas Gaskell Allen, Jr. and William Lewis Sachtleben in The Century - Volume 48, Issue 1, May, 1894 Across Asia on a Bicycle: The Ascent of Mount Ararat by Thomas Gaskell Allen, Jr. and William Lewis Sachtleben in The Century - Volume 48, Issue 2, June, 1894 Across Asia on a Bicycle: Through Persia to Samarkand by Thomas Gaskell Allen, Jr. and William Lewis Sachtleben in The Century - Volume 48, Issue 3, July, 1894 Across Asia on a Bicycle: From Samarkand to Kuldja by Thomas Gaskell Allen, Jr. and William Lewis Sachtleben in The Century - Volume 48, Issue 4, August, 1894 The Search-Light Bicycle Lantern in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 26, Issue 5, May, 1894 Improved Pneumatic Saddle for Wheelmen in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 26, Issue 6, June, 1894 An Improvement in Valves for Pneumatic Tires in Manufacturer and Builder - Volume 26, Issue 10, October, 1894 The Reign of the Bicycle in The Century - Volume 49, Issue 2, December, 1894 The Bicycle - The Wheel Of To-Day by Philip G. Hubert, Jr. in Scribner's magazine - Volume 17, Issue 6, June, 1895 The Bicycle - Woman And The Bicycle by Marguerite Merington in Scribner's magazine - Volume 17, Issue 6, June, 1895 The Bicycle - A Doctor's View Of Bicycling by J. West Roosevelt, M.D. in Scribner's magazine - Volume 17, Issue 6, June, 1895 Bicycle Problems and Benefits in The Century - Volume 50, Issue 3, July, 1895 All Paris A-Wheel in Scribner's magazine - Volume 18, Issue 2, August, 1895 A Long Chase by Owen Hall in Scribner's magazine - Volume 19, Issue 2, February, 1896 The Rule of the Bicycle in Scribner's magazine - Volume 19, Issue 6, June, 1896 "As a social revolutionizer it has never had an equal. It has put the human race on wheels, and has thus changed many of the most ordinary processes and methods of social life. It is the great leveler, for not 'til all Americans got on bicycles was the great American principle of every man is just as good as any other man, and generally a little better fully realized. All are on equal terms, all are happier than ever before, and the sufferers in pocket from this universal fraternity and good will may as well make up their minds to the new order of things for there will be no return to the old."The Bicycle Outlook in The Century - Volume 52, Issue 5, September, 1896 Bicycling for Women in The Century - Volume 52, Issue 5, September, 1896 American Bicycles in England by George F. Parker, United States Consul, in The North American Review - Volume 163, Issue 481, December, 1896 Dangers and Benefits of the Bicycle in The Century - Volume 54, Issue 3, July, 1897 Over the Alps on a Bicycle by Elizabeth Robins Pennell in The Century - Volume 55, Issue 6, April, 1898 "A century ago, bicycling already was popular in Benton County, but cyclists here and elsewhere often had to put up with rough, muddy, and dusty roads. The state legislature tried to help by passing a law to improve bike paths. Not all counties were happy about the tax that would be required, and a group of counties — including Linn — got themselves exempted from the law.The Spanish-American War by Henry Cabot Lodge in Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Volume 98, Issue 586, March, 1899 The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, N.Y. - 1899 Bartleby.com, New York, N.Y. - 1997 An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt Macmillan, New York, N.Y. - 1913 Bartleby.com, New York, N.Y. - 1999 |  |
  The Benton County Historical Museum in Philomath, Oregon, is housed in the former Philomath College Building. The central part of the building was completed in 1867. The left wing was added in 1905 and the right wing in 1907. Philomath College closed in 1927. The museum opened in 1980.  by Thomas Stevens with a new introduction and notes by Thomas Pauly On April 22, 1884, Thomas Stevens left San Francisco pedaling a Columbia Standard model high-wheeler with the outrageous goal of becoming the first man to ride a bicycle across the United States. He reached Boston on August 4th and decided to continue around the world. He soon sailed to London for the ride across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The 50-inch high-wheeler was heavy and cumbersome; his supplies were limited to socks, a spare shirt and a slicker that doubled as tent and bedroll. Much of the country he traversed was wild. Yet he persevered, recording his colorful and often harrowing adventures during the three-year odyssey in a classic of 19th century adventure and travel writing first published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1887. Stackpole Books Mechanicsburg, Penn. - 2001 An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt Macmillan New York, N.Y. - 1913 Bartleby.com New York, N.Y. - 1999 The Bicycle by Pryor Dodge Flammarion Paris, France - 1996 City on the Willamette by Percy Maddux Binfords & Mort Portland, Ore. - 1952 Early History of Independence, Oregon by Sidney W. Newton Panther Printing Co. Salem, Ore. - 1971 First Highways of America by John L. Butler Krause Publications Iola, Wisc. - 1994 History of Corvallis 1846 - 1900 by Bruce Martin Master of Arts Thesis University of Oregon History Department Eugene, Ore. - 1938 History of the Oregon Country (in six volumes) by Harvey W. Scott, compiled by Leslie M. Scott Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass. - 1924 Inventory of the County Archives of Oregon No. 2 - Benton County (Corvallis) Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Oregon Historical Records Survey Portland, Ore. - 1942 "Oregon Geographic Names" by Lewis A. McArthur Oregon Historical Quarterly XXVI 409 Oregon Geographic Names by Lewis A. McArthur Sixth edition, revised and enlarged by Lewis L. McArthur Oregon Historical Society Press Portland, Ore. - 1992 Railroads Down the Valleys Some Short Lines of the Oregon Country by Randall V. Mills Pacific Books Palo Alto, Cal. - 1950 The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, N.Y. - 1899 Bartleby.com, New York, N.Y. - 1997 Taming the Bicycle in From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain Harper and Brothers, New York, N.Y. - 1917 BoondocksNet.com, Syracuse, N.Y. - 2001 "T. Egenton Hogg - A Footnote" by Keith Clark Oregon Historical Quarterly LXXXXIV 301 Two Wheels North: Bicycling the West Coast in 1909 by Evelyn McDaniel Gibb Oregon State University Press Corvallis, Ore. - 2000 The Willamette Valley: Migration and Settlement on the Oregon Frontier by William A. Bowen University of Washington Press Seattle, Wash. - 1978 Union Centennial Album by Rick Steber and Jerry Gildemeister Union County Museum Society La Grande, Ore. - 1978 A Social History of the Bicycle by Robert A. Smith American Heritage Press / McGraw Hill New York, N.Y. - 1972 Corvallis History from 1911 to 1945 . . . Corvallis Public Library The Counties of Oregon: Their Evolution, 1851-1917 Denver Public Library Western History / Geneology Department General History Of The Town Of Netarts, Tillamook County Oregon HistoryLink.org The Museum of the City of New York Museum of History and Industry New York Public Library Oregon Historical Society Oregon Newspaper Microfilming Project Oregon State University Press Salem Public Library Salem Public Library Historic Photograph Collections Seattle Municipal Archives Photograph Collection State of Oregon Blue Book University of Washington Libraries American Memory at the Library of Congress is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections around the country. The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the largest and most heavily used libraries of manuscripts, rare books, and special collections in the United States. As the primary center of special collections within the library system at Berkeley, Bancroft supports major research and reference activities and plays a leading role in the development of research collections. Among its components are the Bancroft Collection of Western Americana and Latin Americana, the Rare Book Collection, the History of Science and Technology Collection, the University Archives, the the Free Speech Movement Project, the Bancroft Library Pictorial Collection, the Mark Twain Papers and Project, and the Regional Oral History Office. Bancroft's holdings include over 400,000 volumes, 32,000 linear feet of manuscripts, 2,300,000 photographs and other pictorial materials, 67,000 microforms, 21,000 maps. Inventions of Note Sheet Music Collection in the Lewis Music Library at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. HarpWeek.com is the online presentation of Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization from 1857 through 1912. Fletcher Harper published the first issue of Harper’s Weekly on January 3, 1857, aiming at the middle and upper socio-economic classes and tried not to print anything considered unfit for the entire family to read. The weekly is a consistent, comprehensive, week-to-week chronological record of world events in the last half of the nineteenth century. John Adler, a retired advertising executive, began digitizing his personal collection of original editions in 1992 and assembled a professional staff to catalog, index and database every article and image. This remarkable resource is available online from nearly 500 colleges and universities and is available commercially. John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University. The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 (EAA) presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States. The materials, drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, provide a significant and informative perspective on the early evolution of this most ubiquitous feature of modern American business and culture. The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music is part of Special Collections at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of The Johns Hopkins University. It contains over 29,000 pieces of music and focuses on popular American music spanning the period 1780 to 1960. All pieces of the collection are indexed on this site and a search will retrieve a catalog description of the pieces. An image of the cover and each page of music will also be retrieved if the music was published before 1923 and is in the public domain. The Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. This site provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. The project represents a major collaborative endeavor in preservation and electronic access to historical texts by the Cornell University Library and the University of Michigan Libraries with funding by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Nineteenth Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals is a collection that presents twenty-three popular periodicals digitized by Cornell University Library and the Preservation Reformatting Division of the Library of Congress. They include literary and political magazines, such as The Century, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, The Manufacturer and Builder, Scientific American and Scribner's magazine. The longest run is for The North American Review, 1815-1900. The Bicycle & The West Copyright © 2001 Dennis Cowals All rights reserved. |