Magic lantern - Bicycle Ride

ON YOUR BIKE !!

bicycle:
a vehicle consisting of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.



Advertising slide, c.1880s. 'NO STIFFNESS HERE, Thanks to ELLIMAN (for sprains and bruises).	Simple lantern slide for a toy magic lantern. One of a set of twelve children's slides produced by Gebrüder Bing, Nuremberg (GBN trademark in corner). Lady Pig on a bicycle at the shore.

High Wheel Bicycles. This 2 3/8 x 8" glass magic lantern slide shows a small group of cyclists and their penny-farthing bicycles. Three, actually four and a baby, are riding and another one has just taken a header. A nice bit of Victorian humour. (penny-farthing: an early type of bicycle, made in Britain, with a very large front wheel and a small rear wheel; two cranks directly attached to the front wheel. The cyclist sat above the front wheel. This model was very popular until the 1880s.)
Without words......




Amusing Life Model slide set, c. 1910. The slides measure 3.2 inches square and are numbered from 1 to 12.

One of a set of twelve glass strip slides. Each strip contains four pictures, in twos forming a funny story. The other two pictures on this slide have nothing to do with bicycling (man tending some pigs) Size: 10 x 3 inches, 25 x 7 cm.		Almost the same scene. Again the fat man in a flowered cardigan riding his penny-farthing bicycle in the first picture and having a bike wreck in the next one. This pair of slides was available in a metal protective frame as well as a wooden frame (2 x 6 inches, 5 x 15 cm).

Bicycle Ride Panorama slide. This 2¼ x 7¾" glass magic lantern slide shows a group of six cyclists riding safety bicycles down a country lane while equestrians ride horses in the nearby field and other people look on. A pleasant little Victorian scene.

Of course you may borrow my bike. But be careful!	Oops, I'm afraid some eggs are cracked.	I never knew there was a ditch over here....	Perhaps I'd better walk in future.
		(Four 3,25" square magic lantern slides. Decalcomania.)
Also published as an oblong glass strip.

Combined single pulley and simple lever slide of a high wheeled bicycle rider. Stamped twice by the maker "W.C. HUGHES, 161 HOXTON STREET, LONDON, N." Off to one side is a glass thumb lever that makes the bike rider's legs move in an up and down motion, while the brass crank assembly and wooden pulley wheel allow the wheel of the bicycle to turn around. The dogs do not move. Wooden frame measures 9" x 4.5" x 0.75" (23 x 11,5 x 1,9 cm).

An amusing magic lantern slide showing different bicycles from the old days. It is 7 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches roughly in size.
This British black and white glass photograph slide of a lady dressed in an elegant bicycle suit measures 3.25 inches square.
		Sometimes some trouble goes with a cycling-tour. This emancipated woman fixes the job herself. Black and white slide 3.25 inches square.