Pennyfarthing Collection

Love on a Bicycle - couple on pennyfarthing bicycles riding close together Date: 1870

John Keen, champion pennyfarthing cyclist. 1902

Velocipede competition in Leipzig, Germany 1885
Scenes from a velocipede competition in Leipzig, Germany. Date: 1885

Cats and dogs on bicycles on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

George Lacy Hillier, English swimmer and cyclist
George Lacy Hillier (1856-1941), English swimmer, racing cyclist (including the pennyfarthing) and all-round athlete. late 19th century

Advertisement, Surrey Machinist Co, Blackman Street, London, depicting a pennyfarthing bicycle. 1883

J H Adams, English pennyfarthing cyclist. late 19th century

Charles Crute, English pennyfarthing cyclist, and first Captain of the Sutton Bicycle Club. late 19th century

Four frogs on bicycles with flowers on a greetings card
Four frogs on (or falling off) pennyfarthing bicycles with flowers on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Four dogs on bicycles on a Christmas card
Four dogs on a Christmas card, riding pennyfarthing bicycles uphill. Date: circa 1890s

Three men with wooden horse on a Christmas card
Three men with a large wooden horse on wheels on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy riding pennyfarthing bicycle on a birthday card
Little boy riding a pennyfarthing bicycle on a birthday card. The wheels are made from two oval eggs. Date: circa 1890s

Four hares on pennyfarthing bicycles on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

WW2 - Austerity - Getting by with alternative transport. Comic postcard from wartime England by Evelyn E Morris, showing alternative forms of transport available if the petrol pumps ran dry

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