This photograph is of the French bearded lady Madame Delait,
(curiously spelt ‘Delay’ in the title), which declares her to be a member of the bicycling club Cycle Thaonnais. Was this an unusual pastime for a French lady
of the time? I know not, but perhaps it was all the more unusual for a lady
bicyclist to have a beard.
Even more interesting is the reverse of the card, which
bears what appears at first glance to be a postal cancellation stamp. Closer
inspection shows this stamp bears the lady’s own name, "Mme. DELAIT",
and the date of 28 December 1906.
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