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PEDALING IT ALL OVER (VICTORIAN) TOWN

SHERLOCK HOLMES CLAIMED he could identify the direction of Victorian bicycle travel merely by examining its tire er… for him, tyre tracks. What’s more, as recently as December 2014, this … Continue reading

October 18, 2016 · Leave a comment

THE ROADS OF ROSE AND RAKEMAN

AS PART of the U.S. Sesquicentennial in 1926, the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads  assembled an historical exhibit on American roads. Its dioramas evolved into a book published in the … Continue reading

April 25, 2015 · Leave a comment