General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PLATED METAL BACK, FACE IS SYNTHETIC LAMINATED PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

2.2 cm

Width

N/A

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Cycles & cycling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Whitehead Hoag

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Newark

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & THE POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION

Function

PROBABLY USED PRIMARILY TO HOLD A COLLAR TOGETHER (BY PASSING BUTTON THROUGH BUTTONHOLES ON EACH SIDE OF COLLAR), WHILE SERVING AS A DECORATIVE ACCESSORY ON CLOTHING/ MIGHT ALSO BE USED AT CUFFS OR ELSEWHERE ON SHIRT FRONT/ ALSO INTENDED TO PROMOTE A PRODUCT

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON FACE 'STAHL'SPUNCTURE PROOF TIRES/ QUINCY, ILLS.'/ ON BACK 'WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./ PAT./ APP'D/ FOR/ NEWARK, N.J.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BACK OF POST IS SILVER COLOUR, REST OF BACK IS DARK GREY WITH SMALL AREAS OF SILVER COLOUR (PROBABLY MOST OF PLATING HAS RUBBED OFF, BITS OF SILVER COLOUR ALL THAT REMAINS)/ FACE IS CREAM COLOUR WITH BLACK PRINTING & GREEN & BLUE DECORATION

Decoration

PICTURE ON FACE OF ELEPHANT RIDING A BICYCLE OVER A BED OF NAILS