Before high school car culture, teens peddled their way to freedom. Here’s a cross section of California kids on wheels from turn of the 20th century to 1945, found in the Los Angeles Public Library. Above is Leela McAdam nee McCabe – winner of the best decorated bicycle for the 1900 Fourth of July parade in Lompoc, CA.
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Bike Polo in Los Angeles, 1930s.
Grace Toya with bicycle at the Tule Lake internment camp 1945.
Portrait of Japanese boy with bicycle and notebook ca 1900.
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