Bicycle Racer Timothy L. Connolly, with Medals, circa 1892

Summary

Timothy L. Connolly, with his brother Daniel, raced bicycles in the early 1890s. Connolly won numerous prizes, racing for athletic clubs in Boston and New York. Sporting a jersey with an athletic club patch -- most likely for the Trimount Athletic Club of Boston -- Connolly posed for this photograph with a chest full of medals.

Timothy L. Connolly, with his brother Daniel, raced bicycles in the early 1890s. Connolly won numerous prizes, racing for athletic clubs in Boston and New York. Sporting a jersey with an athletic club patch -- most likely for the Trimount Athletic Club of Boston -- Connolly posed for this photograph with a chest full of medals.

Artifact

Cabinet photograph

Subject Date

circa 1892

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

86.18.69.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown
Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 6.5 in

Width: 4.25 in

Inscriptions

Photographer's imprint on front: Gray / 1068 & 1070 TREMONT STREET, / BOSTON, MASS.

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