Bicycle Trip 1939

When Orkin was 17 she wanted to see the 1939 World’s Fair that was in New York City. She somehow managed to convince her parents to allow her to bicycle across the country. She hitch-hiked for the long distances, but ended up biking over 2000 miles through the big cities, and took many memorable photos everywhere she went.

Lower Manhattan, 1939

Trylon and Perisphere, Times Square, New York City, 1939

New York El, 1939

Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., 1939

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., 1939

Hosteling in New Hampshire, 1939

Silhouette, San Francisco, 1939

Bike Trip – Family in Arkansas, 1939

Bike Trip, Under the El Train

Ship through Bicycle Wheel

Bike Trip, Through the Dashboard

Bike trip press from the Washington Post, 1939

Bike trip scrapbook page, 1939

Bike trip scrapbook page, 1939

Bike trip scrapbook, Washington D.C.

Bike trip, New York and Fair, 1939