Cabin Wheel Club, Wappoo Creek Bridge
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Description:
Black and white photograph of the Wappoo Bridge spanning Wappoo Creek (Wappoo Cut). Sams shot this image during a bicycle outing with the Cabin Wheel Club. Printed from a glass plate negative held in the Museum's collections.
The Cabin Wheel Club was made up of members who would cycle from the peninsula over the "New Bridge" (Ashley River Bridge) to the countryside in St. Andrew's Parish (West Ashley). First called the "Charleston Riding Club" it was advertised in the April 20, 1896 News & Courier edition as "A Picnic on Wheels." The next year, it was referred to as the "Wheelman Club...A Clubhouse for Cyclists" eventually earning the name the "Cabin Wheel Club."
- Title: Cabin Wheel Club, Wappoo Creek Bridge
- Photographer: Sams, Franklin Frost (Dr.), 1867-1937
- Date: c. 1914
- Collection: Photograph Collection
- Object Name: Franklin Frost Sams Photographs
- Object Id: MK 7604
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