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Oh, The Many Queer Lights of Franklin Park! – The Advent of Bicycle Lights in Boston, 1899

August 19, 2012.Reading time 8 minutes.

Blue lights, green lights, and red lights rose out of the dusky fog.  Men emerged carrying bright Japanese lanterns; women held dim electric bulbs.  As summer waned in Boston during the last days of August in 1899, a new regulation came into effect.  Starting on the night of August 21, 1899, bicyclists in Boston were […]

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