Cycles Past: Bicycles in New Zealand's History

Portrait of an unidentified man on a `Boneshaker' bicycle, circa 1870s. Photograph taken by William James Harding. Man riding a Boneshaker bicycle. Harding, William James, 1826-1899 :Negatives of Wanganui district. Ref: 1/4-008609-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22894425

An early Cycle Club, Oamaru. Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs. Ref: 1/2-002013-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22812156

Group of cyclists from the West Coast region, with a mixture of penny farthing and early safety bicycles, photographed, probably in the 1890s, by James Ring of Greymouth. Ring, James, 1856-1939 :Group of cyclists, West Coast region. Quinn, Joseph : Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring and L A Inkster. Ref: 1/1-027054-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22483305

Edith Marion Collier and E M Davis. Collier, Dorothy (Miss), fl 1979 :Photographs relating to Edith Marion Collier. Ref: 1/2-092968-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22785904

Camping scene showing a group of young men next to two tents. Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district. Ref: 1/1-016756-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22851988

Jacob Diedrich (Richard) Arnst leading a group of cyclists to the finish line in a two mile scratch race, probably in the Nelson region. Photographed ca 1910 by Frederick Nelson Jones. Richard Arnst leading a group of cyclists to the finish line in a two mile scratch race. Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district. Ref: 1/2-026608-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23235683

District nurses, with their bicycles, outside South Durham St District Nursing Office, Christchurch. Webb, Steffano, 1880?-1967 : Collection of negatives. Ref: 1/1-005293-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22678340

Prime Minister William Massey and Sir Joseph Ward visit the New Zealand Cyclist Battalion in France, World War I. Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918. Ref: 1/2-013352-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22859133

Bicycle store, location unidentified. Head, Samuel Heath, d 1948 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-007103-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/226772643

A full length portrait of an unidentified woman standing behind a decorated bicycle with crepe paper ribbons and a fluffy floral ribbon on the handle bars, taken in the studio, probably Christchurch district. Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-028638-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/29947426

Mansell, Phil, fl 1929. Phil Mansell on his penny farthing bicycle. Ref: 1/2-046073-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/230437795

An unidentified boy wheeling a bicycle acoss a log bridge in the bush, probably West Coast Region. Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983 :Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera. Ref: 1/4-101985-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/32049782

Two unidentified men with bicycles, on suspension bridge over Fox River, Buller District, West Coast Region. Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983 :Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera. Ref: 1/4-101008-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/32049326

Male cyclists on their bicycles, Hastings area. Whitehead, Henry Norford, 1870-1965 :Negatives of Napier, Hastings and district. Ref: 1/1-019251-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23156407

Bicycle with a number of mirrors, lights, horns and other accessories. Photograph taken 20 June 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Bicycle with many accessories. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: 114/157/01-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22721735

Man on a cycle in the Mount Victoria Tunnel photographed circa 21 November 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Man on bicycle, Mount Victoria Tunnel, Wellington. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: 114/226/01-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22891909

Mr and Mrs G W Trollope on bicycles, Wellington. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: 114/126/06-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22664133

Four people on one bicycle in Courtenay Place, Wellington. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1955/2406b-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23105770

Unidentified men with bicycle, Laykold Cup cycle race, Petone, Wellington Region. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1958/4311-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23260634

Man in sports gear on bicycle in studio. K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives. Ref: 1/2-208264-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22870926

Evening Post reporter Karen Brown cycling on a bicycle path between Kaiwharawhara and Petone on the Western Hutt Road, Wellington. The path is strewn with litter and disused railway and motorway equipment. Photograph taken 20 September 1978 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Ref: EP/1978/3215/29. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22716426

Three unidentified girls with a Sprint bicycle, photographed in 1978 by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington. Girls with a Sprint bicycle. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: 1/4-031914-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22763792

Children preparing to take part in "Bike for Fun.". Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1983/1047/8-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22726529

Martin and Hilary were from London England. They were travelling the world on the tandem, and when this photograph was taken in the Wellington area they had clocked up 12,000kms. Martin and Hilary Booth travelling the world on a tandem bicycle - Photograph taken by Phil Reid. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1985/4754/24-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23171081