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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Fig. 2. Hadley Tricycle, fitted with Pneumatic Tyres. regular use of the cycle. Those interested in this questionshould study a book recently written by Dr. Jennings, entitled, Cycling and Health ; and if they also purchase Mecredys 92 THE AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY Art and Pastime of Cycling, * they will get a good intro-duction to the whole subject. For photographers who are fairly strong and active, and whodo not wish to carry a larger photo outfit than the half-plate,I recommend a Safety Bicycle. This should be fitted withKeatings Spring Carrier,*)- a kind of skeleton frame on springs,mounted in front of the handle-bar, which will carry up to 10or 15 pounds weight easily. On a Safety the distance of334 miles was ridden on our roads last year in 24 hours by an
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Fig. 3. Keatings Spring Carrier. English amateur. Few could equal this, but it is a fact thatfrom 50 to 80 miles per day can be accompli shed with ease andpleasure. For men (like myself) on the wrong side of forty, and whobelong to the heavy weight division, the tricycle is the correctthing. Just to show what can be done, an amateur has withinthe last few weeks ridden a tricycle over ordinary Englishroads 174 miles in twelve hours. I have lately added anexquisite little three-wheeler;); to my photo equipment. Itswheels are only 28 inches in diameter, and its weight is but * Both books published by Iliffe & Co., Coventry, England; American Agents: TheWheelman Co., 12 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass. t Made by W. Carson & Sons, Bachelors Walk, Dublin. % It is named the Hadley, and is made by a thoroughly reliable firm—Messrs. Snell-ing, Begbie & Co., Church Avenue, Kentish Town Road, London. AND PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES ALMANAC. 93 50 pounds. My whole plate kit is carried on a spring

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