A Historic look at Bicycling in Waltham, Massachusetts

Join us for a talk with David V. Herlihy. The City of Waltham was a hub of transportation innovation in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s from bicycles to automobiles. In Waltham there were 3 manufacturers that stand out. Orient, Comet, and Howe and Stanforth…David Herlihy will bring you the history of cycling in Waltham and the Boston area.

David V. Herlihy is a historian and freelance writer specialized in bicycle
and motorcycle history. He is the author of two books (Bicycle: The History
with Yale University Press, 2004; and The Lost Cyclist, with Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt; 2010) and numerous articles, including annual
contributions to Adventure Cyclist. His seminal research on the origins of
the bicycle is well known internationally. He is responsible for the naming
of the Pierre Lallement bicycle path in Boston, and for a plaque by the New
Haven Green commemorating America’s first recorded bicycle ride there in
April 1866. He was the curator of two major exhibitions, The Bicycle Takes
Off (Lockwood-Mathews Museum of Norwalk, CT 2000-2002) and Round
Trip (UCLA’s Fowler Art Museum 2014-2015.

Parking available in the Public Parking Garage directly across from the Waltham Museum, 25 Lexington St. Waltham MA. Free Admission to all museum events on September 23rd.
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