{"id":9559,"date":"2014-08-01T08:30:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/?p=9559"},"modified":"2014-10-03T09:07:32","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T14:07:32","slug":"the-duke-familys-new-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2014\/08\/01\/the-duke-familys-new-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"The Duke Family&#8217;s New Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been giving the collections of James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke, industrialists and benefactors of Duke University, a little TLC this summer. One of my\u00a0most enjoyable finds so far has been a set of two candid photographs of Washington Duke that turned up in the the James B. Duke papers. Mr. Duke appears to be contemplating a bicycle, the handlebars of which are just visible at the bottom of the photos. The bicycle is likely the one that his son, Benjamin, purchased for $45.25, according to an 1894 letter from the Benjamin N. Duke papers. It would be interesting to know what was going through Washington&#8217;s head at the time when the pictures were taken. Possibly, &#8220;You really expect me to ride this thing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9560\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2014\/07\/bike001002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9560 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2014\/07\/bike001002-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Washington Duke with bicycle\" width=\"635\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2014\/07\/bike001002-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2014\/07\/bike001002-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washington Duke contemplating the new bicycle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like many members of the Duke community, I am accustomed to seeing Washington Duke in his dignified, solemn armchair pose (e.g. the statue at the entrance to East Campus). But, it&#8217;s nice to know that &#8220;Wash&#8221; got to have a bit of fun every once in a while.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>-Post contributed by Mary Mellon,\u00a0Library Intern \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9561\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2014\/07\/bnd_bike_1894002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9561 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2014\/07\/bnd_bike_1894002-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"1894 letter from Benjamin N. Duke papers\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2014\/07\/bnd_bike_1894002-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2014\/07\/bnd_bike_1894002-1002x1024.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1894 letter from Benjamin N. Duke papers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been giving the collections of James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke, industrialists and benefactors of Duke University, a little TLC this summer. One of my\u00a0most enjoyable finds so far has been a set of two candid photographs of Washington Duke that turned up in the the James B. Duke papers. Mr. Duke &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2014\/08\/01\/the-duke-familys-new-ride\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Duke Family&#8217;s New Ride<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":9560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[551,11,170,53],"tags":[544,545,546,543],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-9559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-from-our-collections","category-students-and-interns","category-ua","tag-benjamin-n-duke","tag-bicycle","tag-duke-university","tag-washington-duke"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Duke Family&#039;s New Ride - The Devil&#039;s Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2014\/08\/01\/the-duke-familys-new-ride\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Duke Family&#039;s New Ride - The Devil&#039;s Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have been giving the collections of James B. 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