Harley Davidson Motorcycle Parked on Street
Date1930
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions1 5/8 × 2 7/16 in. (4.1 × 6.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of DeWitt Miller
Object numberPA2024.041.031
DescriptionA Harley Davidson motorcycle is parked on the street in front of the Harley Davidson Sales Company, at 1021 South Fourth Street in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The shop was owned by Kenneth Darwin and Wilbur Miller. The motorcycle is seen from the side in full view and in great detail. A figure stands behind the motorcycle wearing a belted coat with hands in pockets. He is cropped out of the image from the shoulders up. Another man is seen from behind, walking down the sidewalk. There is a handwritten inscription on the bottom border in black ink: "1930" on the left and “74"" on the right. Harley 74 is biker slang for Harley Big Twins. These are motorcycles with 45-degree V-twin design engines with a 74 cubic inch displacement and overhead valve motors. These were the Knucklehead, Panhead, and Shovelhead. It used to be common for enthusiasts in biker subculture to tattoo "Harley 74" or representations of these particular Harleys on their bodies, indicating, for many, the ultimate in American motorcycle culture.On View
Not on view
November 1929
ca. 1930
