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Nos Cochers de Fiacre no. 3

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Les Femmes Cocher / 146

A Cocher Miscellany / 13

Picture (left): Ah, misery! You're still so happy to find me.

It was evidently common practice for people to peddle downtown to shop and then go home with their bicycles and purchases by cab. To a cab driver cyclists were a double nuisance – they interfered with traffic and startled horses and when they travelled by cab they insisted on bringing their silly machines with them.