- Description: Crossing of the United States on foot. The postcard is an advertisement for a company that produces shoes
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Walking from New York to San francisco and back again. Wore one pair of Foot-Schulze Schoes from Clark's Fork, Idaho to St. Paul, Minnesota, 1,600 miles - and they're good yet
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- Description: In 1887, George Nellis was the third cyclist to complete a crossing of the United States
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1865-1948
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: https://www.thewheelmen.com/sections/americanjourneys/goldengate/george_nellis.pdf
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hayes K. J., An American cycling odyssey, 1887, University of Nebraska, 2002.
In 1887 George Nellis became the third person to ride across the United States, from Herkimer, New York to San Francisco, shaving several weeks off Thomas Stevens’ time, thus becoming the first to “race across the United States.” Throughout this account, Hayes reports on the state of bicycle touring in the late nineteenth century.
- Description: Traveling with a cart pulled by trained dogs
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Wij Maken een reis door de wereld
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- Description: Stilt-walking across the United States
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Stilts, Trampoli, Echasses
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Endurance tramp from Los Angeles to New York
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- Description: Three globetrotters chasing records
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Walking from New York to San Francisco for the Long Distance World's Championship
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- Description: Richard E. New, starting from Akron (OH, USA), was known by the motto 'Legless Motor Cycle Rider.' Mr. New sold postcards and photographs enriched with anecdotes describing his handicap. After falling from a hot air balloon for 1'800 feet, he lost sight in one eye, broke his spine in two places, and shattered his feet and legs so severely that amputation was necessary. Between 1915 and 1920, he traveled 100'000 miles on the roads of North America
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Legless Motor Cycle Rider
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
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- Description: Two cyclists traveling in the United States
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: 2000 miles on bicycles - Newark, N. J. to Dayton, Ohio - Buffalo, N. Y., Utica, Westfield, Mass. to Newark, N. J. Thank You
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- Description: In the postcard, the three companions are depicted with their gear and a small dog
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
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- Description: Journey undertaken by two men and a dog aboard a sort of caravan
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
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| Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites |
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| Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains |
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| Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction |
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