1. Zoom In Inquiry Examine primary source clues carefully. Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to “get the big picture.”

2. What do you see in this picture? What do you think they are doing?

3. What do you think a Gymnacyclidium is? What textual clues did you look for to help you decide?

4. When do you think this print was made?

5. The First Gymnacyclidium for Ladies and Gentlemen. Illustrated advertising leaflet with engraving by Clarry & Reilley Inc. (New York, 1869; Port 341 :18 Pr Eph). Rare Book and Special Collections Division. The Pearsall Brothers introduced their “peerless” ladies' two-wheeled velocipede as “proper and practical” and “requiring no change of dress.” At their fashionable New York City resort for bicycle exercise, special hours were set aside for ladies to exercise, but no ladies could take lessons unless accompanied by a member of their family. How do you think exercise and active lifestyles in 1869 are different from today? How are they the same?

7. Pearsall Brothers. (1869). The first gymnacyclidium for ladies and gentlemen : opening exhibition and hop at the grand velocipede academy, or gymnacyclidium, containing over 8,000 square feet for riding, with gallery and seats for about 1,500 people / by the Pearsall Brot. Library of Congress: American Memory, An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera.The first gymnacyclidium for ladies and gentlemen : opening exhibition and hop at the grand velocipede academy, or gymnacyclidium, containing over 8,000 square feet for riding, with gallery and seats for about 1,500 people / by the Pearsall Brot.