One genealogy artifact from hubby's family is this bicycle license plate from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, circa 1940s. Cleveland Heights still requires
bicycles to be registered--but it may waive the $2 fee if an owner brings his or her helmet and pledges to wear it while riding. Back in the day when this license plate was screwed to the back of a Schwinn, and the rider enjoyed the slapping of baseball cards against the wheel spokes, helmets hadn't yet been invented, of course.
I remember having a bicycle license in the 70s and having a local officer come to school and give a safety and skills course, I looked forward to it every year since I was better on a bike than playing dodgeball!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading and commenting! Wish we'd had a bicycle safety and skills course when I was in school... it would have come in handy.
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