Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 9, No 11
Articles in this issue
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A celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Abbot Bassett's election as Secretary-Treasurer of the League at the Grand Union Hotel in New York on January 17, 1887.
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A retrospective account of the League's growth from 400 members at the 1887 election to its peak of 103,000 in the late 1890s, with reflections on why it declined.
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A poem of longing for the roads and rhythms of the bicycle age, contrasting the noisy motor car age with the quieter freedoms of the wheel.
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A note that United Cyclists of America has raised $4,500 to send American cyclists to the 1912 Stockholm Olympics bicycle road race.
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A note that L.A.W. member James G. Peck, aged sixty-eight, completed a fifty-mile bicycle ride on December 10, his last run of the season.
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An announcement that the Newton Bicycle Club will hold a formal Silver Jubilee dinner in Bassett's honor, inviting members from across New England to celebrate his twenty-five years as Secretary.