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OBJECT TYPE: PRIZE/CENTURY RUN
DATE: 1896
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1654.001

MANUFACTURER: FRICK, JOHN
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SILVER

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.8 cm
Width: 3.3 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: FRICK
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & 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: ON UPPER SECTION, RAISED LETTERING 'CENTURION'/ LOWER SECTION, RAISED LETTERING 'CENTURY RUN/ TO NEW BRUNSWICK & RET. OCT. 11-1896'/ ENGRAVED ON BACK 'JOHN FRICK/ N.Y.', 'SOLID SILVER STERLING'
Missing: N/A
Finish: TARNISHED TO GREY
Decoration: MAIN SECTION HAS SLIGHTLY SCALLOPED EDGES & IS MAINLY IN THE IMAGE OF A BICYCLE WHEEL/ IN CENTER OF THIS IS A MAN RUNNING, BEHIND HIM IS A BANNER WITH WRITING ACROSS IT, BEHIND THIS IS A WREATH/ UPPER SECTION HAS UNEVEN EDGE

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FRICK, JOHN, Medal, 1896, Artifact no. 1987.1654, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1654.001/

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