Perched atop houses and barns, these wind indicators have been in use in America since Colonial times, doubling as personal expressions of an individual's interests or trade. Check out these classic examples of form meets function.
This weathervane in the form of a high wheel bicycle may have marked the shop of a tradesman who built or repaired bicycles. High wheel bicycles were particularly popular in the 1870s and 1880s.
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