“Mabel Williams with her bicycle at 54 Main Street, residence of James Ballantyne, Ottawa, Ontario,” July 1898, by James Ballatyne, via Library and Archives Canada Commons on flickr (under CC License).
Tag: bicycle
The Sunday porch: Brisbane
Staghorn ferns ornament the narrow porch of the Lands and Works Office, Brisbane, Queensland, 1904, photographer unidentified, via State Library of Queensland.
(Click on the image for a better view.)
I believe the ferns are Platycerium superbum, which are native to Australia.
Life in gardens: tea stop
“Two women with bicycle,” Hoquiam, Washington, photographer unknown, via University of Washington Libraries Commons on flickr.
Modern and stylish, ca. 1900. That’s an interesting device for keeping the kettle warm.
Young women of that time must have been pretty desperate to get out on their own — to bicycle in corsets, puffy high-necked blouses, and large hats.
Beautiful, thick vines on the porch behind them. (You can click on the photo to enlarge it.)
. . .Tell, tell your griefs ; attentive will I stay,
Tho’ time is precious, and I want some tea.— Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, from “Thursday; the Bassette- Table“
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