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| Picture No | 11939929 |
| Date | 1895 |
| Description | Clara Grace |
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Clara Grace, nee Simmons, an accomplished English womens’ cyclist and record holder, having ridden from London to Coventry in 6 hours, 56 minutes and 49 seconds. In the same year Grace was at the Royal Aquarium in London a major entertainment and sports venue. Appearing in the Professional Women’s Cycling Tournament on a temporary wooden velodrome in the main hall, against England and France.
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| Source | Photograph by Symmons and Thiele in 'The Sketch', 20 November 1895, page 174 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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