In 1942, John Ferrell photographed two boys riding across the ford on their bicycles in Rock Creek Park, Washington D.C.

What better way to get around than on your bicycle, and what better way to cross a ford than on your bicycle with your feet on the handlebars.

Great fun! I can hear the joyful laughter.

Image courtesy of Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. Boys riding bicycles across the ford in Rock Creek Park Digital ID: (intermediary roll film) fsa 8b37466 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b37466 - Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-011533-D (b&w film neg.) - Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

The image is from the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, in the United States Library of Congress.

The color lithograph poster of a woman riding a bicycle is an advertisement for the Overman Wheel Company's Victor bicycles. It is in the art nouveau style.

The poster was created in Boston, MA. and first published by the Forbes Co. in 1896.

In the poster, the woman riding the bicyle is in a long black dress.

How she managed to keep her dress out of the bicycle chain while riding the bicycle is a mystery.

Image courtesy of Library of Congress. Victor Bicycles Overman Wheel Co. - Digital ID: (digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g07173 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g07173 - Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-7173 (color film copy transparency) - Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

The image is from the Overman Wheel Co., Boston, New York, Detroit, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, [and] Portland, Ore. - Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896. It is now in the United States Library of Congress.

This photograph, taken by "Johnson" sometime between 1900 and 1927, is of the Mail and Freight on the Valdez Summit in Alaska. They used horses, mules, dogs and even a bicycle to move the mail and freight through the snowy mountain route. The horses and mules are pulling sleds and sleighs. The bicycle has a pannier mounted on the front of the bike.

Image courtesy of Library of Congress. Transportation by horses, mules, dogs and bicycle - Digital ID: (digital file from original) ppmsc 01569 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.01569 - Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsc-01569 (digital file from original) - Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

The image is a Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951, to the United States Library of Congress. It is part of the Frank and Frances Carpenter collection.

In 1941, in Tidal Basin, Washington D.C., a Sunday afternoon was the perfect time to get outdoors with friends, rent a bicycle, and relax.

Image courtesy of Library of Congress. Rent a bicycle, Sunday recreation. Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C. - Digital ID: (intermediary roll film) fsa 8b15074 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b15074 - Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-014406-D (b&w film neg.) - Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

This image is a part of the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection of the United States Library of Congress.