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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRIZE/CENTURY RACE/PARTICIPANT
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1646.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Whitehead & Hoag Co.
- MODEL
- ACME WHEELMEN
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, SYNTHETIC & FABRIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.9 cm
- Width
- 4.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- 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 SIGNIFICIANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION - Function
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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
- ON FACE 'CENTURY RUN/ SEPT. 26,/ 1897./ ACME WHEELMEN.'/ ON RIBBON 'SURVIVOR'/ ON BACK ENGRAVED 'WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./ BADGES/ PAT./ JUNE 12, 1894/ NEWARK, N.J.'/ ON BACK OF RIBBON, UPPER LINE PARTIALLY OBSCURED 'WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./ NEWARK, NEW JERSEY'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BRIGHT YELLOW-GOLD UPPER PIECE WITH PURPLE STRIP OF FABRIC SHOWING, PURPLE SATIN-LIKE FABRIC WITH GOLD LETTERING/ LOWER PIECE IS BEIGE WITH BLUE LETTERING & GOLD RIM - SHINY SILVER COLOUR ON BACK
- Decoration
- MOUNTING HAS QUITE ELABORATE SCROLLWORK, CREATING CURVED & FLUTED EDGES
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Whitehead & Hoag Co., Medal, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.1646, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1646.001/
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