Vermont Humanities

Manchester First Wednesdays

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First Wednesdays

Host: Manchester Community Library

138 Cemetery Ave
Manchester Center, VT 05255
Library phone: (802) 362-2607
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Manchester First Wednesdays brochure

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Manchester First Wednesdays

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Live Event

When the Bicycle Came to Vermont

UVM professor Luis Vivanco explores the fascinating early history of the bicycle in Vermont, an invention that generated widespread curiosity when it arrived here in the 1880s. Over the next decade, enthusiasm exploded statewide as bicycles became safer, women took to the wheel, roads improved, and retailers developed novel advertising techniques to draw in buyers.

Statewide Underwriters: The Institute of Museum & Library Services through the Vermont Department of Libraries

Program Underwriters: Burr & Burton Academy; Middlebury College and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Peter Gilbert Endowment Fund; Woolmington, Campbell, Bent & Stasny, P.C.

Manchester First Wednesdays brochure

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Vermont Humanities*** November 21, 2014