Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 10, No 1
Articles in this issue
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A report on the thirty-fifth annual Boston Bicycle Club dinner at the Copley Square Hotel, where Abbot Bassett was honoured as guest of honour on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his service as Secretary of the L.A.W.
- p. 5
A humorous poem by Abbot Bassett composed for the Boston Bi Club dinner, celebrating wheelmen through verse invoking Alexander Pope and drawing on cycling camaraderie.
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A listing of the League of American Wheelmen officers and the stated aims of the association, including promoting cycling, protecting members' rights, and improving highways.
- p. 4
A description of the new souvenir badge issued by the Boston Bicycle Club to mark participants' records in the Wheel About the Hub tour, including gold badges for three men present on the first tour in 1879.
- p. 6
Verses praising the outdoor cycling life, the camaraderie of wheelmen, and the fellowship found around the dinner table in winter when roads are impassable.
- p. 1
A selection of short quotations and humorous aphorisms from Moore, Judge magazine, and other sources introducing the March 1912 issue.