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Come ride your bike with vintage style
A Tweed Ride to Benefit Historic Northampton
Saturday, September 30, 2023 | 10 am to 12 noon
Rain date: Sunday, October 1, 2023
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Join us to celebrate the city’s past and present at our bicycle Tweed Ride sponsored by Historic Northampton and Friends of Northampton Trails.
 
Dust off your vintage threads and bring your trusty old bike for a family-friendly pedal of approximately 4 miles along Northampton's bike paths. Enjoy this century's bike paths in last century's style. 

We will end at the newly restored 1805 Shepherd Barn at Historic Northampton for light refreshments.

REGISTER for the Tweed Ride
​Limited to 40. | ​Sliding Scale: $15 - $25​
All registrants participating in the bike ride will be asked to sign a liability waiver.

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​Want to join the old time fun
but skip the ride?

You can register to meet us at the Shepherd Barn for refreshments
​at 11:30 am.

Click here to RSVP for refreshments
​only in the Shepherd Barn.

​
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Image Credits:
Photograph of 11 Corticelli Street, Florence, MA, 01062, Howes Brothers Photographers.

Photograph of Tom Bolter and Fred Crittenden with penny-farthing (high wheel) bicycles. Gift of Clifford H. Lyman.

Photograph of 8 Conz Street (formerly Maple Street), Northampton, MA, 01060, Howes Brothers Photographers.

Photograph from an album belonging to Northampton photographer Frederick N. Kneeland.

Illustration from Ladies' Standard Magazine (April 1896 p. 5) from the book, Women's Shoes in America, 1795-1930 by Nancy Rexford, Kent State University Press, Ohio, 2000, p. 139, with Rexford caption "Bicycling costume consisting of a shirtwaist worn with a skirt that is combined with trousers in a single garment.  The bicyclist is shown wearing cloth gaiters over ordinary shoes, a choice far more commonly illustrated than special bicycling boots."
HISTORIC
​NORTHAMPTON
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Northampton
​Massachusetts 01060
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​413-584-6011
Current Exhibit:
​Slavery and Freedom in Northampton, 1654 to 1783


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11 am to 5 pm
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  • About
    • About Historic Northampton
    • What's On View
    • Hours and Directions
    • Volunteer
    • Board-Staff
    • Legal/Financial
  • PROGRAMS
    • Slavery and Freedom in Northampton 1654 to 1783 Exhibit
    • Upcoming Programs
    • Past Events at Historic Northampton >
      • Past Programs 2025
      • Past Programs 2024
      • Mill River Flood 150 Commemoration >
        • Mill River Flood 150 Commemoration Events
        • Mill River Flood Introduction
        • Mill River Flood Lives Lost
        • Mill River Flood Commemoration Markers >
          • \\\\\\\\Williamsburg Mill River Flood Markers
          • Skinnerville Mill River Flood Markers
          • Haydenville Mill River Flood Markers
          • Leeds Mill River Markers
          • Florence Mill River Markers
          • Northampton Mill River Markers
        • Mill River Flood Who Was Responsible
        • Mill River Flood Guided Walks to the Dam Ruins
        • Mill River Flood Memorial Tree Project
      • Past Programs 2023
      • Past Programs 2022
      • Past Programs 2021
      • Past Programs 2020
      • Past Programs 2019
    • MCC Card to Culture at Historic Northampton
    • Help I am not receiving email announcements
  • Explore
    • Collections & Research
    • History at Home >
      • Videos
      • Interactive Witch Trial
      • Paper Dolls
      • Hidden Histories
      • Scavenger Hunts
      • Coloring Pages
      • Brain Teasers
      • Peg Doll Hunts
      • Jonathan Edwards Prayer Requests
    • Properties >
      • Parsons House
      • Damon House
      • Shepherd House
      • Shepherd Barn 2020
      • The Bridge Street School Sprouts
    • Educational Websites
    • Historic Highlights
    • COVID-19 Stories >
      • Vaccination Photos
      • Submit Your COVID Story
      • Children React
      • Family and Neighborhood Fun
      • It's a New World
      • Hope and Togetherness
      • Images
      • How Illness Feels
      • Brings Forth Memory
      • Blessings and the New Busy
      • Fear and Worry
  • Indigenous Native History
    • Native Histories in Nonotuck
    • Nonotuck Histories Essay by Margaret M. Bruchac
    • Recovering Nonotuck Histories Photo Essay
    • Profiles of Native People
    • Extended Biographies of Native People
    • Nonotuck to Northampton Maps
    • Native LIves Bibliography
  • History of Slavery
    • Exhibiit Slavery and Freedom in Northampton 1654 to 1783
    • About the Slavery Research Project
    • Black Enslaved People
    • Free Black People
    • Native Enslaved People
    • Enslavers of People
    • Relationship Map >
      • Relationship Map Family Groups
      • Relationship Map Enslavement
      • Relationship Map Indenture
      • Relationship Map Legal
      • Relationship Map Commerce
      • Relationship Map Foster or Guardian
      • Relationship Map Social Connections
    • Timeline of Slavery in Northampton
  • DONATE
    • Donate to the Spring Appeal
    • WAYS TO GIVE >
      • Monthly Donation
      • IRA Giving
      • Stock Giving
    • Join the Email List
    • Donate to the Collection