Black and white image of three young men and a bike.
This image comes from the Harris & Ewing Studio, circa 1938 or 1939. The subject of this image is three young Native American boys playing with a bicycle. Each of the young men is wearing a traditional headdress.
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03.19.10
The picture shows that there are three american boys present and one of them is sitting on the bicycle. The other two are standing on the both sides of the man sitting on the cycle. The man sitting on the cycle is looking straight and laughing. The man standing on the left side to him is also looking straight and placed his hand on the cycle. The other man standing right side to the man sitting on the bicycle is also placed both his hands on the cycle and looking to the cycle. It looks like he wants to ride the cycle. There is also a car behind the three persons. The car looks traditional manufactured years ago. All the three persons did not wear a shirt but wore a pant and also had a traditional head dress. They wore a shoes which are different from regular shoes. There are trees at the back of the persons and there are cars under them. There is a big building back to the trees and the building looks like a palace. We can also observe a flag at the right side of the picture. The three boys are standing on the lawn and two of them are looking at something straight.
03.20.10
THREE BOYS AND A BICYCLE:
The boys were in a native American dress that is the Red Indian dress. The two boys were teaching an other boy to learn bicycle. The boy who is learning does not have any fear and he was enjoying learning. Riding bicycle for the children like them is really a fun and they think it was the time to prove them self as a boy. Learning all mechanisms in many things is the instinct of boys and they have it in their blood. The boy standing the right side is seriously teaching the boy who is sitting over the bicycle. The next boy in the left is holding the handle bar of the cycle and making him to hold the balance.The boy sitting over the cycle is just pedalling and making a move.The background has many cars and it shown some party would be running there and boys were also participating in that. Riding a bicycle in the lawn is little hard and need to be pushed much, may be the two boys standing were helping the boy to push over the lawn. There was a flag in the right of the picture. By seeing this picture I am going to my childhood where my father and brothers helping me to ride a bicycle. Not only to me but for other people too will have the same thoughts by seeing this picture.