Hitchcock Bicycle Shop, circa 1919

Title: Hitchcock Bicycle Shop, circa 1919
Description: "Ed Hitchcock, right, owner of the E.S. Hitchcock Bicyle Shop, joins an unidentified employee in his 34 Albion Street shop. Located at the corner of Albion and Foster Streets, the shop also sold automoble tires and other supplies. In 1919, Wakefield automobile owners could buy a 30 x 3 1/2 non-skid Firestone tire for $17, and a 30 x 3 1/2 non-skid Fisk or Ajax for $18. All tires came with a 6000 mile guarantee." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.; Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 1992; Photo courtesy of the Wakefield Historical Society.
Contributor: Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library; Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.); D'Onofrio, Jayne M.
Coverage: Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
Date: ca. 1919
Format: image/jpeg
Publisher: Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department
Subject: Hitchcock Bicycle Shop (Wakefield, Mass.); Bicycle stores
Type: still image; Photographs
Original Format: 1 picture : b&w
Extent: 20 x 31 cm.