The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps

Members of the 25th Regiment pose with their 'state-of-the-art' test bicycles in 1897.

Image Title:
25th Infantry Bicycle Corps at Yellowstone National Park, 1896-

Note:
"In the 1890s various National Guard regiments experimented with bicycles – in part because of the costs associated with caring for and feeding horses. This was also a time when many soldiers now were coming from cities rather than the countryside and didn’t know how to ride a horse. Learning to ride a bicycle instead probably seemed like a good solution." [news.clearancejobs.com] Learn More

Image Source:
Courtesy National Archives  - 111-SC-88516

Subject:
Military - Buffalo Soldiers - 25th Infantry - Bicycle Corps - Soldiers - Yellowstone National Park

Date:
1890

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-MILBS-Bic-5

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