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They are dressed nicer then I was as at my wedding just to go out and ride a bike
this is /oldschoolgood
They look ready for the club
The photographer was Charles Lillybridge and it was taken around 1907 near his studio which was located by the Alameda Avenue Bridge in Denver.
The Denver Public Library has a large collection of his photographs.
Everyone looks so dapper.
I love seeing old photos of people of color.
‟Dapper” is the word that comes to mind when I see this.
Awesome!
My guy in the turtle neck looks fly as fuck
Thank you for clarifying their skin colour in the title, I don’t know if I would have been able to figure that out from looking at the photo.
I have never and will never look this good lol.
r/oldschoolcool
This photo is taken a little more than 40 years after the American Civil War had ended (1865)…and a new century had begun. The hope and excitement for the future they must have had. It completely blows my mind, especially given how this century has started.
Definitely needed to see this unedited version after being creeped out by the faces in the edited one
Nice looking folks with some nice looking bikes!
Why no votes?
What a wonderfully historical pic.
Whether you like it or not.
Sometimes I don’t get reddit.
By the way,I love this pic
Having to ride a bike in those skirts must have sucked
How they get those bikes I thought that model of bike only started to get off in the 1910s
Major Taylor was the cycling World Champion at the end of the decade;
[http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/who.shtml](http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/who.shtml)
Also note that the gentleman on the right has gone for a slammed set up possibly due to the influence of the aforementioned board track racer.
♪ Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head ♫
Gavin!
Awesome people, cool bikes!
When I see old pics like this I can’t help but wonder what kind of lives they led since everyone in it is dead and also that when the picture was taken the concept of the internet and thousands of people being able to see it instantly probably couldn’t even be conceptualized. It’s wild.
Also, they look unbelievably cool.
Peaky Blinders, American style
/r/oldschoolcool
Riding safety bikes no less, how cool!
Says 1904-1920 on [History Colorado](https://www.historycolorado.org/media/622).
Young man on right, his index finger looks unusual. Just sayin
Classy af.
Bring back that style on the man in the center-right
Shouldn’t it just say ‘cyclists’?
4 Daper American cyclist, 4 American cyclists, 4 hat wearing American cyclists, 4 well dressed Americans
Why do you feel the need to announce their skin color?