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Shows Taber family in the backyard of their home, 1351 Madison Street, Oakland. From left to right: baby Louise, her nanny, Sarah Slocum (Annie Taber's mother), Annie Slocum Taber, Daisy, and the Chinese gardner and household servant.

View of a man and a woman posed next to their bicycles on a dirt road (Riverside Boulevard), another bicycle leaning against a tree at left, large tree next to the woman, building at right. Handwritten below the photo: The long forgotten "Riverside…

View of parade entry; shows flower decorated gaff-rigged sailboat on bicycles; woman wearing blouse shirt and pantaloons at the fore, man in uniform at the aft, young girl in boat, woman and man on bicycles in foreground.

A row of men and their bicycles are perpendicular to a grandstand structure in the background; the row of cyclists is to the right of the photo with the track in front of them; the 2nd story grandstand is supported by pillars with offices underneath…

Shows a group of men in a narrow alley way drinking beer. There is a man in the middle astride a bicycle.

View down dirt street lined with trees. At right, street car on tracks. Boy and bicycle at center. Bicycle in ditch at left.

"Emperor Norton in carriage of State 1869." Joshua A. Norton, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, is seen in full uniform riding a bicycle next to a picket fence

Shows women and men standing on street, one man is walking a bicycle.

Shows several streetcars, followed by group on bicycles - includes high-wheeled bicycle, tandem bicycle.

It wasn't until the 1890s that "safety bikes" were invented without the large front wheel in front. Shows childhood home of Nellie Littlehale Murphy (1867-1941), an American artist, painter and illustrator who was born in Stockton, CA.