How I found the first wheelie
This detective story involves technology, penny farthings, and the United States Capitol. But I wheelie did it.
More info and sources at bottom.
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This one is pretty much just going through newspapers searching for my man DJ Canary. No real books needed.
Here’s some League of American Wheelmen stuff:
https://archive.org/search?query=league+of+american+wheelmen
Here’s that cool “bicycle song” with the Canary pic:
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200196708
Cool pic of Dan Canary in a car in 1905. He became a Chicago livery owner and huge car guy (which is kinda sweet). I didn’t think it was worth buying because I didn’t know how to work the whole car angle into the story, but still cool.
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/group-portrait-of-barney-oldfield-and-dan-canary-motorists-news-photo/87877913?adppopup=true
My original article with some sources (contact me for others – many are behind paywalls at Newspapers.com/Proquest/etc).
https://triviahappy.com/articles/meet-the-first-stunt-bicyclist-he-did-tricks-in-the-1880s-and-invented
My Penny Farthing explainer:
https://triviahappy.com/articles/the-eleven-most-common-questions-about-old-fashioned-bicycles-including
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/pennyfarthest-bicycle-507a9cce128d4263adf3fbc2f134faf4#download
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