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Annie Cohen Kopchovsky (1870 – 11 November 1947), [1] known as Annie Londonderry, was a Jewish Latvian immigrant to the United States who in 1894–95 became the first woman to bicycle around the world. After having completed her travel, albeit mostly by ship, she built a media career around engagement with popular conception of what it was ...
Died in a crash at Charles River Track in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [28] [29] [3] Held the world record for "paced-cycle racing" during most of his career and just prior to his fatal crash had achieved a new 5 Miles World Record (going that distance in 6 minutes, 12 1/5 seconds) [28] as well as achieving world's records for 10 and 15 miles. [30]
With these developments, a type of safety bicycle was designed for women in particular with a drop frame in order to accommodate women's clothes. However, the long skirts and the tight-fitted bodices of this time period made cycling an even greater challenge. Therefore, several modified outfits were offered to women that would accommodate the ...
Image credits: shawneffel Art imitates life. And if you look closely enough, art also is life.The photos from this list prove that there can be beauty in the most mundane and random moments if we ...
1886 Swift Safety Bicycle. Vehicles that have two wheels and require balancing by the rider date back to the early 19th century. The first means of transport making use of two wheels arranged consecutively, and thus the archetype of the bicycle, was the German draisine dating back to 1817.
New details have emerged about what might have caused the death of a Wisconsin college gymnast. Brooke Baures, 21, was found death Monday night in a dumbwaiter, a small elevator used to carry food ...
Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. [13] [14] [s 3] Sergeant Dawson and his Daughter: 1855 Unknown; attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall [15] Unknown [e]
The first known recipient of sexual reassignment surgery. Lili Elbe (1886-1931) via Getty Her wife became an essential part of her transition , providing her with the acceptance and love she ...