Lorne Shields on Bicycle History in photographs – photograph by the late Robert Lansdale
Toronto.Our January 18, 2023 presentation on ZOOM features member Lorne Shields on the History of the Bicycle – 1st 100 years, We welcome this experienced speaker and expert on bicycle history.
Lorne describes his talk as, “100 YEARS OF CYCLING’S HISTORY FROM 1820 TO 1920 AS CAPTURED THROUGH THE LENS OF THE CAMERA.
“SET OUT IN A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER WHICH LED UP TO TODAY’S MODERN BICYCLE AS WE KNOW IT.
“SELECTED FROM HIS MOST RARE. HISTORIC, INTERESTING, IMPORTANT AND GRAPHICALLY APPEALING IMAGES.”
If you have’t heard Lorne before, you are in for a pleasant surprise. Here is a bit of background info.:”Lorne Shields, of Thornhill Ontario has been an avid collector and researcher of early bicycling history for some 55 years.
“Some of his collection has been displayed at such organizations as the Smithsonian Institution, the Royal Ontario Museum, Ingenium (Canada’s Science & Technology Museum), Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (museum) in St. Etienne, France. His collection includes virtually every facet of early cycling photographica, ephemera and memorabilia as well as the cycles themselves.
“Lorne’s specialty and passion is historic cycling photography. He has given talks on early cycling photographica at various museums, historical societies, universities and symposia in Europe and North America. A sampling of these venues include The Photographic Historical Society (America) at George Eastman House in Rochester, NY, the Photographic Historical Society of Canada on multiple occasions, the Michigan Photographic Society, the Bicycle Museum of America, Victoria College at the University of Toronto, The Ephemera Society of American in Greenwich Connecticut, Velorama at Nijmegen in The Netherlands and at Guildhall in the City of London, England.
“His presentations are always crafted to the intended audience. This presentation will cover the history & development of the bicycle from 1820 to 1920. The images have been selected from the most historic, rarest, interesting, important and graphically appealing photographs in his collection.”
If you have any questions, please contact our programme director, Celio Barreto at program@phsc.ca.Reserve your space today at Eventbrite for this ONLINE presentation!. Note: use the links in the text above, not in the jpeg of the poster (no live links in this jpeg).
