c1904 Andover v. Exeter Track Meet Poster & Motorized Bicycle Photo - Rose Bowl Flea

[CarltonHendricks]

Took a 6 hr. run down down to the Rose Bowl Flea weekend before last...to celebrate finishing my 2013 National Road Trip story...what a great town Pasadena is...and what great weather...



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I didn't find a whole lot...one little $50.00 photo...It was of some kind of motorized pilot bicycle for bicycle racing...Over the last year I picked up a cool multi-sport tin...made in Holland...that featured the same type motorized pilot bike...so I had to get it...The photo has some creases and appears to have some age...but doesn't seem to be first generation...nevertheless it was coming with me....Above a link to a page to see all sides of the tin...





Honestly I've yet to research how and why motorized pilot bikes were used...I just thought it was very unusual to have on the lid of a tin...and I only know of one other example...and it's in the Netherlands



After the RB I drove over to my friend Ryan Sims' home and had dinner with him and his wife...and bought the 1904 Andover v. Exeter track poster below from him...It wasn't cheap but find another in that condition...Color illustrated and with the all important precise date!!!...I believe they are the oldest high school/prep school rivalry in the country...and are basically feeder schools for Harvard and Yale...