Posts tagged old photos
Long Beach, Californië, USA, 1926
Nov 6th
Eric from DC sent this m way. Thanks man.
I’ve been away from this blog for a little while. There might be a few photo posts in the pipeline.
Sara D Roosevelt Park history
Jun 14th
I caught this little gem in my RSS feed from Ephemeral New York in a post titled A 19th century cemetery on Chrystie Street.
Horseless Polo is Played on Foot
Feb 17th
Popular Mechanics January 1935
Feb 16th
The Amazing Return of the “Bikes”
Popular Mechanics Magazine
January 1935
Some “bicycle basketball” looking more like rad ball. Seen in Popular Mechanics.
Ray Walston and Anthony Perkins play bike polo
Dec 17th
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Damon sent a photo my way, thanks man.
Velocipedboll
Aug 23rd
Again from the book Idrotten i Finland (1906). This time rad ball or “Velocipedboll”. Just more proof that this is all much older than the Pacific North West wants us to believe.
Previously:
Old Helsinki bike polo
England vs. Scotland 1910
Aug 23rd
Via twirlingtails.blogspot.com
In 1910, Saltburn was the venue for an international fixture, England v Scotland at bicycle polo. The match was part of the town’s carnival, the English side all being members of the Tykes Cycling Club. England won 6-3, the team being ( left to right ) Robinson (captain), Tudor and Randall.
