Update on the photos. I got an email Alice Roepke
(Website: http://www.tillieanderson.com) who says
“You asked, so I want to let you know that the “pictures of other women racers” belong to me. They are from a PowerPoint presentation i made for The Wheelman back in 2000. Tillie Anderson was my great aunt. She died in 1965 when i was 3, but was like a second mother to my mom since she didn’t have children of her own. I have all her collection of scrapbooks, pictures, and racing memorabilia, including one of her bicycles. Pretty cool. Thank you for helping to promote her story on your blog!”
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We learned about “Tillie the Terrible Swede” at a cool bike history exhibit in Stockholm this summer. She was a seamstress before she was a pro cyclist! Check out old bikes and a picture of Tillie here:
http://barcelonaadventuring.wordpress.com/2014/07/16/stockholm-island-park-bike-design-exhibit/