Dr Otto Herschan Gallery

Newly Built Bridge

Crowds on the banks of the River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall celebrate the opening of the Royal Albert Bridge, designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1859. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Early Cyclist

circa 1864: A young woman riding a bike, the pedals are on the front wheel which is larger than the back. Comic drawings surrounding a photograph. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

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Hello My Pretty

A country girl carrying a pitcher is worried to find her way over a style blocked by a loutish admirer, 1857. (Photo by John Jabez Edwin Mayall/Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

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