April pickups

[martindl]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Definitely not a wheelchair...it's chain driven and you can see the pedals. I've not seen anything like that...possibility that that three wheel bike is of more significance than the baseball theme. Great photo!

Dan,
I think it is a wheelchair, though I can't be positive. I sold one recently in my store. The front wheel was larger, but other than that looked the same. Chain driven and pedals. Had a great crinkled decal 'The Improved Care-Chair for the Infirm' from the Ohio Wheel Company. Didn't make sense to me how the infirm would have use for pedals, but there you go.
Do you think I bothered to take pictures? Of course not. Google provides no help.
Very cool photo.
Martin

[deebro041]

Originally Posted by martindl

Dan,
I think it is a wheelchair, though I can't be positive. I sold one recently in my store. The front wheel was larger, but other than that looked the same. Chain driven and pedals. Had a great crinkled decal 'The Improved Care-Chair for the Infirm' from the Ohio Wheel Company. Didn't make sense to me how the infirm would have use for pedals, but there you go.
Do you think I bothered to take pictures? Of course not. Google provides no help.
Very cool photo.
Martin

I saw a push pedal one similar on American Restoration(Season4Ep.#11), they thought it was an Irish mail cart. It wasn't and turned out to be a wheel chair made for Polio victims.,

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by martindl

Dan,
I think it is a wheelchair, though I can't be positive. I sold one recently in my store. The front wheel was larger, but other than that looked the same. Chain driven and pedals. Had a great crinkled decal 'The Improved Care-Chair for the Infirm' from the Ohio Wheel Company. Didn't make sense to me how the infirm would have use for pedals, but there you go.
Do you think I bothered to take pictures? Of course not. Google provides no help.
Very cool photo.
Martin

Thanks for the info....I'm still looking at that thing in wonderment. What is that chain connected to at the top...how does that thing work?

[martindl]

Ours was a lot less elaborate. No double-wall spoke wheels, just clunky steel rims. The outers were gone and it wasn't obvious if it was wooden or rubber wheels, though I suspect wood.
The chair mechanism was a wooden hand crank, though we never cranked ours due to rust. I didn't want the chain or gear to snap. Basically just a crank with a small gear that drives a larger gear.
It couldn't have been easy to crank and you certainly weren't going anywhere fast but as a wheelchair, back then, speed was probably not the goal. I'm sure downhill was a breeze

[Runscott]

Thanks for the wheelchair/bicycle information. I don't get why it would have pedals if it's a wheelchair. If you google '1800s wheelchair', most of the images look like archaic versions of the modern wheelchair, with this exception, which does not have a chain or pedals:

[smokelessjoe]

I am fairly certain I saw an episode of American Restoration where they restored one of these (or similar) wheelchair/bicycles...

[GKreindler]

Hey all,

I picked up this guy last week, and I'm pretty thrilled:



The shot was taken on August 17, 1937 and depicts Gomez leaving the mound after shutting out the Senators, 9-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. The dejected look he had was due to the death of his mother, which he had learned about that same day.

Talk about composure.

Graig

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

Hey all,

I picked up this guy last week, and I'm pretty thrilled:



The shot was taken on August 17, 1937 and depicts Gomez leaving the mound after shutting out the Senators, 9-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. The dejected look he had was due to the death of his mother, which he had learned about that same day.

Talk about composure.

Graig

Awesome pic. Very Poignant.

[71buc]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

Hey all,

I picked up this guy last week, and I'm pretty thrilled:

The shot was taken on August 17, 1937 and depicts Gomez leaving the mound after shutting out the Senators, 9-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. The dejected look he had was due to the death of his mother, which he had learned about that same day.

Talk about composure.


Graig

Graig that's a beautiful Gomez photo. It's very moving. It seems hard to find such evocative photos but very gratifying when you do. I have always been interested in Vic Power (Pellot). He wore his emotions on his sleeve and spoke his mind freely. I have been looking for a photo of him for my collection that best depicts these complexities. I picked this one up tonight and love his subtle forlorn expression which is explained on the slug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Pellot