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OBJECT TYPE: PRIZE/3 MILE BICYCLE RACE
DATE: 1889
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1717.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: CONN. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOC.
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

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

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.9 cm
Width: 4.0 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

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: INGRAVED ON OBVERSE: `CONN/ HIGH/ SCHOOL/ ATHLETIC/ ASSOCIATION'/ ON MOUNTING `3 MILE 1889 BICYCLE'/ ON REVERSE OF MOUNTING `STERLING H/ NY' [H IS WITHIN DIAMOND SHAPE & N & Y WITHIN CIRCLES UNDERNEATH - SHAPES JOIN TOGETHER TO FORM ONEOUTLINE]/ ROUGHLY ENGRAVED ON REVERSE `10:26 314'
Missing: N/A
Finish: TARNISHED, COLOURS OF SILVER, GREY, LIGHT GOLD & COPPER/ BRIGHT BLUE ENAMEL IN CENTER
Decoration: CENTRAL PIECE SHAPED LIKE BICYCLE WHEEL, WING COMES OUT FROM THE MIDDLE, TIP OF ANOTHER WING SHOWS FROM `BEHIND' WHEEL SHAPE/ 3 FLOWER-LINK PROTRUSIONS FROM WHEEL/ BANNER SHAPE AT TOP OF WHEEL/ MOUNTING HAS 2 OVERLAPPING SHIELDS IN CENTER.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, 1889, Artifact no. 1987.1717, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1717.001/

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