Posted 8 years ago
rniederman
(347 items)
Spring is here ... time for a bike ride!
The collapsible nickel plated “Cyclists Cup” featured here is based on an 1897 patent by John Lines. It must have been a popular item to take along because this example has a nicely embossed scene of a man and woman riding a tandem bicycle in the country side.
Starting in the 1880s, small wooden cameras were being made to carry on bicycle rides. By the 1890s camera makers had a belief that cycling and photography were destined to be together; and manufacturers were advertising a variety of cycle-style cameras with specially designed leather cases that could be strapped to bicycle frames.
Although not specifically a camera accessory, I display this Cyclists Cup with a couple of my early wood & brass cameras as something that was probably brought along on jaunty rides in the country.
The camera shown in the picture was available at the time the Cyclists Cup was offered: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/141420-lightning-camera-c-1899
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Phil
SpiritBear
Lovely cup, beautifully styled photo .
Thanks, Michael!
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MountainGirl
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Thomas
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Chevelleman69
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farmlady
And what a great idea and concept that was. Memories in albums of trips taken. Simple pleasures to be revisited again and again.
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Longings
Love it. I had posted one a few years back and thought it was just a Travel collapse glass.......but maybe mine is also a Collapsible Cyclists Cup....but not as old as yours
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/118969-travel-folding-cup-with-case
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ttomtucker
I grew up in a rural area that was a resort town in Vermont. Golf in the summer skiing in the winter. These cups were sold everywhere. Locals didn't buy them but city people loved them.
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Thanks, roddyq!