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A city patrolman gives Santa Claus a lift in downtown Napa, California. Ed Lieberman, from Los Angeles, California, is Santa Claus

A city patrolman gives Santa Claus a lift in downtown Napa, California...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Airborne bicyclists and motorcycles taking over an airfield in a military demonstration

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Airborne bicyclists and motorcycles taking...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Weishaar Winner 100 mi. race, Norton, Kan. Oct. 22, 14. Time 2 hr. 1 1/2 min. World record.

Weishaar Winner 100 mi. race, Norton, Kan. Oct. 22, 14. Time 2 hr. 1 1...

Photograph shows portrait of racing champion Ray Weishaar on motorcycle. J197072 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Reed, Norton, Kansas. Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from Am... More

Motorcycles requisitioned, Paris

Motorcycles requisitioned, Paris

Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The presence of you gentlemen in the rear of my car has begun to annoy me

The presence of you gentlemen in the rear of my car has begun to annoy...

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Imprudences of Prudence" by Meredith Nicholson, Saturday evening post, 186:7 (Jan. 3, 1914).

[Men on motorcycles], 7/20/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Men on motorcycles], 7/20/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Police guards. Police guard with motorcycle, White House in rear

Police guards. Police guard with motorcycle, White House in rear

Public domain photograph of midcentury American residential architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. The Army's motorcycles, as well as its trucks, tanks, and other motorized equipment, pay regular visits to the wash rack. Wherever possible, modern military vehicles receive the same scrupulous attention once given to the army horses and mules

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. The Army's motorcycles...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Tanks, as well as the Army's trucks, motorcycles and other motorized equipment, pay regular visits to the wash rack. Wherever possible, modern military vehicles are kept in spic and span condition and mechanically ready for strenuous action

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Tanks, as well as the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Motorcycles parked outside the Dirty Dog Bar on East Sixth Street, locally known as "Dirty Sixth," in Austin, Texas

Motorcycles parked outside the Dirty Dog Bar on East Sixth Street, loc...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Police guards. Police guard with motorcycle, White House in rear

Police guards. Police guard with motorcycle, White House in rear

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. General checkover and adjustment for one of the Army's motorcycles at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Wherever possible, modern military vehicles receive the same scrupulous attention once given to army horses and mules

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. General checkover and ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Motorcycle Shop, East Ridgecrest Boulevard, Mount Tamalpais, Mill Valley, Marin County, CA

Mill Valley Air Force Station, Motorcycle Shop, East Ridgecrest Boulev...

Survey number: HABS CA-2615-F Building/structure dates: 1951 Initial Construction

Australia in the war. Dispatch riders of an Australian armored division lined up for review. These are American motorcycles, furnished under the lend-lease program

Australia in the war. Dispatch riders of an Australian armored divisio...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Motorcycles at Venice, Calif.] - Public domain portrait engraving

[Motorcycles at Venice, Calif.] - Public domain portrait engraving

J145260 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; September 12, 1910. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 588. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Early automobiles - Blair Shaw - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Early automobiles - Blair Shaw - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Police Department, City of Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 3, 1914

Police Department, City of Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 3, 1914

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Children, motorcycles with side cars, and streetcar in street]

[Children, motorcycles with side cars, and streetcar in street]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The flying Merkel ... J.P. Schantin crossing the great American desert on his flying Merkel motorcycle

The flying Merkel ... J.P. Schantin crossing the great American desert...

Copyright by Miamicycle & Mfg. Co. Promotional goal: U.S. C71. 1913. Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George M. Green - Public domain portrait photograph

George M. Green - Public domain portrait photograph

A group of men standing next to a car. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles Motorcycle Club at Venice, Calif.

Los Angeles Motorcycle Club at Venice, Calif.

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Butte Motorcycle Club, gelatin silver print

Butte Motorcycle Club, gelatin silver print

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Police guards. Police guards with motorcycles

Police guards. Police guards with motorcycles

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

[Police on motorcycles trailing car with smoke], 9/1/23

[Police on motorcycles trailing car with smoke], 9/1/23

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Police guards. Police guards with motorcycles

Police guards. Police guards with motorcycles

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Looking up at the antenna mast in the rear of the precinct station. Washington, D.C., Oct. 29. WPDW, the radio station operated by the Metropolitan Police Department here is considered one of the most efficient and best equipped in the country. Located at No. 10 precinct, it was designed and built by Lieut. James Kelly in 1931 and operates on 400 watts, 2422 kilocycles. Two way radio transmissions is now in the experimental stage, and about three cars are expected to be in service next year. All motorcycles are equipped with receiving equipment, 10/38

Looking up at the antenna mast in the rear of the precinct station. Wa...

Public domain photograph related to architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Australia in the war. Australian dispatch riders, equipped with American motorcycles, stage a demonstration during a review at their camp somewhere in Australia

Australia in the war. Australian dispatch riders, equipped with Americ...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The flying Merkel ... J.P. Schantin crossing the great American desert on his flying Merkel motorcycle

The flying Merkel ... J.P. Schantin crossing the great American desert...

Copyright by Miamicycle & Mfg. Co. Promotional goal: U.S. C71. 1913. Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Butte Motorcycle Club, gelatin silver print

Butte Motorcycle Club, gelatin silver print

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified motorcycle race, probably in the Washington, D.C. area]

[Unidentified motorcycle race, probably in the Washington, D.C. area]

Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Australia in the war. American motorcycles, furnished under lend-lease, are used in this formation of Australian cyclists, part of the growing mechanized army which the Commonwealth is training

Australia in the war. American motorcycles, furnished under lend-lease...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Motorcycles at Venice, Calif.], Panoramic Photograph

[Motorcycles at Venice, Calif.], Panoramic Photograph

J145260 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; September 12, 1910. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 588. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Los Angeles Motorcycle Club at Venice, Calif.

Los Angeles Motorcycle Club at Venice, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a building in Venice, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Motorcycle squad attached to brigade headquarters near Casa Grandes, Mexico Mexican-U.S. campaign after Villa, 1916.

Motorcycle squad attached to brigade headquarters near Casa Grandes, M...

Photograph shows four soldiers on motorcycles. J213114 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soldier inspecting new bantam truck at Fort Myer, Virginia. This small light truck, known officially as the "Truck 1/4-ton 4x4," is a small, low-silhouette, narrow-tread, 4-wheel drive car without armor protection, which is designed to carry three men and their individual weapons. It can also be used as an ammunition carrier. It is not currently contemplated that the vehicle itself will be armed. If this vehicle proves satisfactory under the exhaustive tests now in progress, its place in the Calvalry Team will be to furnish road and cross-country transportation for small rifile units whose normal function would include reconnaissance, security and dismounted combat. Frequently these rifle units will be employed with mechanized cavalry elements, such as Scout Car platoons, to extend the reconnaissance and supplement the fire power of larger units. This newly developed 1/4-ton truck has many advantages over motorcycles and moto-tricycles: it can carry three men, where the others are designed for two; it has more cross-country ability and ruggedness than the motorcycles; it is relatively quiet; its light weight permits manhandling; it's to be employed to carry either three men or a cargo weapon; it's easily concealed. With a few exceptions, these small vehicles will replace on a one-for-one basis the motortricycles and motorcycles with side cars now in use

Soldier inspecting new bantam truck at Fort Myer, Virginia. This small...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of armor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

On Motorcycle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

On Motorcycle. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

People in photograph: Thomas, Keith Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project... More

Blair Shaw, George Grantham Bain Collection

Blair Shaw, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Two unidentified African American soldiers in uniforms and overseas caps on motorcycle with sidecar

Two unidentified African American soldiers in uniforms and overseas ca...

Printed text on verso is in French. Barely legible address and message on verso. No stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Orton and Pat Begner, Rochester, New York, via Civil War Collec... More

Outdoor mural of motorcycle riders on the old, historic U.S. 66 highway at the Mohave Museum of History in Kingman, a small city at the junction of 66 and the modern, high-speed Interstate-40 superhighway in northwestern Arizona. Kingman promotes the former, the old two-lane highway from the glory days of family cross-country travel, to nostalgic visitors

Outdoor mural of motorcycle riders on the old, historic U.S. 66 highwa...

Mural artist: name not given. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Australia in the war. Australian military police, astride American motorcycles, stages a demonstration for distinguished visitors at a camp in Australia. They have been commended both in authoritative circles and among the troops for their magnificient work in the Middle East campaigns

Australia in the war. Australian military police, astride American mot...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Baltimore, Maryland. Peanut and newspaper venders awaiting the three o'clock whistle outside the gates of the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard. The parked motorcycles belong to the workers

Baltimore, Maryland. Peanut and newspaper venders awaiting the three o...

Public domain photograph of Maryland in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George M. Green - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

George M. Green - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows two men, one probably African American, standing in front of a motorcycle with a sidecar, near the U.S. Capitol. One man is holding a fox. Title from unverified data provided by the National Ph... More

Australia in the war. Australian military police, astride American motorcycles, stage a demonstration for distinguished visitors at a camp in Australia. They have been commended both in authoritative circles and among the troops for their magnificient work in the Middle East campaign

Australia in the war. Australian military police, astride American mot...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Weishaar Winner 100 mi. race, Norton, Kan. Oct. 22, 14. Time 2 hr. 1 1/2 min. World record.

Weishaar Winner 100 mi. race, Norton, Kan. Oct. 22, 14. Time 2 hr. 1 1...

Photograph shows portrait of racing champion Ray Weishaar on motorcycle. J197072 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Reed, Norton, Kansas. Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from Am... More

Outdoor mural of a motorcycle and rider at the Mohave Museum of History in Kingman, a small city at the junction of the old, historic U.S. 66 highway and the modern, high-speed Interstate-40 superhighway in northwestern Arizona. Kingman promotes the former, the old two-lane highway from the glory days of family cross-country travel, to nostalgic visitors

Outdoor mural of a motorcycle and rider at the Mohave Museum of Histor...

Mural artist: name not given. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Official photo, State Historical Society, Sanitary Co., Fourth Nebraska National Guard

Official photo, State Historical Society, Sanitary Co., Fourth Nebrask...

J225419 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; P. J. McAndrews; September 14, 1917.

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Airborne bicyclists and motorcycles taking over an airfield in a military demonstration

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Airborne bicyclists and motorcycles taking...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Los Angeles Motorcycle Club at Venice, Calif.

Los Angeles Motorcycle Club at Venice, Calif.

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Police motorcycles outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Police motorcycles outside White House, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soldier inspecting new bantam truck at Fort Myer, Virginia. This small light truck, known officially as the "Truck 14-ton 4x4," is a small, low-silhouette, narrow-tread, 4-wheel drive car without armor protection, which is designed to carry three men and their individual weapons. It can also be used as an ammunition carrier. It is not currently contemplated that the vehicle itself will be armed. If this vehicle proves satisfactory under the exhaustive tests now in progress, its place in the Calvalry Team will be to furnish road and cross-country transportation for small rifile units whose normal function would include reconnaissance, security and dismounted combat. Frequently these rifle units will be employed with mechanized cavalry elements, such as Scout Car platoons, to extend the reconnaissance and supplement the fire power of larger units. This newly developed 14-ton truck has many advantages over motorcycles and moto-tricycles: it can carry three men, where the others are designed for two; it has more cross-country ability and ruggedness than the motorcycles; it is relatively quiet; its light weight permits manhandling; it's to be employed to carry either three men or a cargo weapon; it's easily concealed. With a few exceptions, these small vehicles will replace on a one-for-one basis the motortricycles and motorcycles with side cars now in use

Soldier inspecting new bantam truck at Fort Myer, Virginia. This small...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More