Antique Cabinet Card Chas Olin Boy Parade Bicycle Penny Farthing Cassopolis Mich

Antique Cabinet Card Chas Olin Boy Parade Bicycle Penny Farthing Cassopolis Mich

This rare antique cabinet card captures a young boy proudly posing with his penny farthing bicycle during a festive parade in Cassopolis, Mich. The photograph, taken by the local studio of Chas Olin, freezes a moment of turn-of-the-century Americana where the high-wheel bicycle was the pinnacle of youthful adventure.

Collectors of cycling history or Michigan ephemera will value this piece for its sharp detail of the era’s unique transport. It serves as a quintessential portrait of childhood wonder in Cassopolis, Mich., featuring a boy and his iconic penny farthing.