Bicycle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- safety/chain drive/diamond frame/mens
- DATE
- 1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0353.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Humphrey Bicycle & Motor Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 70794 B
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- TUBULAR STEEL FRAME/ METAL PARTS & FITTINGS/ RUBBER TIRES & HANDLE BAR GRIPS/ LEATHER SADDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 167.0 cm
- Width
- 48.0 cm
- Height
- 93.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Cycles & cycling
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Humphrey
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1948 +
- Canada
-
Example of product of now defunct Canadian mfr. Believed that CCM took over Humphrey Co. [Ref. 1] - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Early example of three-speed rear hub assembly cycle. [Ref. 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO HEAD TUBE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFO.: "HUMPHREY BICYCLE & MOTOR CO. LTD./ HUMPHREY/ TORONTO. CANADA" WITH A STAR BEFORE TORONTO & AFTER CANADA; A BEAVER AND THREE MAPLE LEAVES ARE DEPICTED ON PLATE. SMALL ROUND DECAL ON SEAT TUBE: "MADE IN CANADA"; MAPLE LEAF ALSO DEPICTED. METAL PLATE SCREWED TO SADDLE BACK: "WRIGHTS". FOLLOWING INFO STAMPED ON SADDLE: "THE WRIGHT SADDLE CO. LTD./ REGISTERED IN GREAT BRITAIN/ OLYMPIC/ BIRMINGHAM/ 6B/ ENGLAND". FOLLOWING INFO APPEARS ON TIRES: "MADE IN CANADA/ FOR CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION/ INFLATE 50 - 65 LBS/ 26 .1 1/4/ E.A.I. RIM/ SUPER-LASTIC/ NYLON/197-2".
- Missing
- SADDLE BAG/ BICYCLE PUMP/ GEAR PIN BROKEN, BUT PRESENT
- Finish
- FRAME PAINTED MATT-GREEN/ WHITE WHEEL COVERS/ DARK BROWN SADDLE: LEATHER DISFIGURED THROUGH WEAR
- Decoration
- N/A
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Humphrey Bicycle & Motor Co. Ltd., Bicycle, circa 1948, Artifact no. 1985.0353, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0353.001/
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