Lette Shay and Tom Cooper, Bicycle Racers, 1890-1891
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Cyclists Lette Shay and Tom Cooper pose with their bicycles in the early 1890s. Cooper would race against the best cyclists throughout the 1890s and would win the Bicycle Championship of America in 1899. In the early 1900s he partnered with Henry Ford and raced automobiles. Cooper died in 1906 racing a car through Central Park in New York City.
Cyclists Lette Shay and Tom Cooper pose with their bicycles in the early 1890s. Cooper would race against the best cyclists throughout the 1890s and would win the Bicycle Championship of America in 1899. In the early 1900s he partnered with Henry Ford and raced automobiles. Cooper died in 1906 racing a car through Central Park in New York City.
Artifact
Cabinet photograph
Subject Date
1890-1891
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
40.190.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Archie D. Rounds.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Printing (Process)
Toning (Photography)
Color
Brown
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 4.188 in
Width: 6.438 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten note on back: Lett Shay -- Tom Cooper
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