Uncle Sam Wants YOU on a National Bicycle — 1896

In celebration of American Independence Day, I give you Uncle Sam shilling for the National Cycle Manufacturing Co.
In celebration of American Independence Day, I give you Uncle Sam shilling for the National Cycle Manufacturing Co.
How did the future of years past differ from today’s present? For one thing, there are a lot fewer flying and floating contraptions littering the sky these days. Click to see some wonderfully odd postcards featuring visions of what several Massachusetts towns might look like “in the future.”
It’s lassoes vs. electric dynamite guns in this thrilling story of a crazy armored vehicle and a battle with masked desperadoes in Texas!