1940s Motorcycle Girls in LIFE Magazine
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
Nashville, Tennessee
November 22, 2019 12:15pm CST
Amazing to see these ladies back in 1949 on motorcycles.
These photos were taken in 1949 by Loomis Dean for LIFE magazine.
Anyone here remember seeing these beautiful bike ladies?
Here is a link to see the stunning photos from 1949:
These are some badass girls! In an era when it might have been strange to see the woman in pants, their doing that while riding motorcycles! So inspiring in
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@LindaOHio (222806)
• United States
22 Nov 19
No, I don't remember these bike ladies; but thank you for the link. Women in pants AND riding motorbikes! Scandalous! :-)
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@Dyvette16 (4299)
• United States
22 Nov 19
So cool !
I haven’t seen them before but they are some bada.. females
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@Dyvette16 (4299)
• United States
22 Nov 19
@CarolDM although I do wish I saw more of that now but slowly but surely again women are gaining that power back
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@LeaPea2417 (40061)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 Nov 19
That is interesting. I love looking a old photos like that.
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@samysotelo18 (7743)
• Mexico
22 Nov 19
wow that looks very cool, I've never ridden one
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
23 Nov 19
When I see photos like these I go straight to my family tree to see who was living in that year who might have ridden motorcycles. Great photo!!
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@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
23 Nov 19
You don't see too many motorcycle ladies today sot hat is a great flashback
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@teamfreak16 (43665)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Nov 19
This was 15 years before I was born! ?? Cool chicks were cool chicks no matter what era!
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
23 Nov 19
what a cool picture, I miss life magazine.
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