Spokeswomen
Female cyclists caused quite a stir wherever they rode at the turn of the last century, as you’ll read in All the Time in the World, what with their racy bloomers and their cycling suits—some tailor-made with pistol pockets, lest the lady encounter an aggressive enthusiast.
Card 40, from the Girl Cyclists series for Virginia Brights Cigarettes at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Here, some of the daring—and delightful—Girl Cyclists who posed for cigarette trading cards in 1887, all from the photography collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Card 18, from the Girl Cyclists series for Virginia Brights Cigarettes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Card 32, from the Girl Cyclists series for Virginia Brights Cigarettes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Card 36, from the Girl Cyclists series for Virginia Brights Cigarettes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Card 26, from the Girl Cyclists series for Virginia Brights Cigarettes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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