RAGBRAI sign by Michael W. Lemberger, July 2009
Good luck to everyone on RAGBRAI! For those of you unable to race your bike across Iowa, please enjoy vicarious cycling with these historic images from the Iowa Digital Library.
“WAC messengers ride bikes in parade,” Des Moines Register, Aug. 1943
“By the way, how about a place in the sun…” by Ding Darling, Des Moines Register, May 1921
Herman Glenn Rodriguez, Bettendorf, Iowa, 1925
Bicyclists, The University of Iowa, 1940s
Bicycle acrobatics, The University of Iowa, 1940s
“Clark’s Cotton” tradecard, 1880s
Arlene Roberts Morris cover portrait for Eyes magazine, 1946
