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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRIZE/1 MILE RACE/1ST PLACE
- DATE
- 1891
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1642.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- RUTHERFORD WHEELMEN
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, PROBABLY COPPER PLATED/ CASE IS FABRIC COVERED & LINED, METAL CLASP, UNKNOWN MATERIAL UNDERNEATH
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.2 cm
- Width
- 8.3 cm
- Height
- 3.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICIANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION - Function
-
TO SERVE AS A PRIZE IN A CYCLING COMPETITION/ CAN ALSO SERVE AS A DECORATIVE & SYMBOLIC ACCESSORY TO WEAR ON CLOTHING - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED 1891/ RUTHERFORD WHEELMEN/ FIRST PRIZE/ 1 MILE RUN'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- COPPER COLOUR WITH SOME AREAS APPEARING MORE BRASS-COLOURED/ CASE IS RED PLUSH FABRIC OUTSIDE WITH BLUE SATIN-LIKE FABRIC INSIDE
- Decoration
- TOP SECTION IN CROWN SHAPE, VERTICAL ENGRAVED STRIPES IN NEXT SECTION/ LOWER SECTION HAS LAUREL WREATH AROUND EDGE, IN CENTER IS STAFF WITH SERPENTS TWINED AROUND IT & WINGS AT TOP, ANOTHER WING COMES OUT FROM CENTRE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, 1891, Artifact no. 1987.1642, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1642.001/
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