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OBJECT TYPE: PRIZE
DATE: 1887
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1766.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: PENNSYLVANIA BICYCLE CLUB
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: METAL, PROBABLY COPPER & BRASS, WITH ENAMEL DECORATION

Dimensions

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

Length: 5.5 cm
Width: 3.7 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 & AS A SYMBOL OF A CLUB
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: OBVERSE: ENGRAVED ON BAR `PENNSYLVANIA/ BI. CLUB'/ IN ENAMELLED LETTERS ON LOWER SECTION `WEST PHILA. ATHLETIC ASSN./ SEPT. 24TH 1887' ON REVERSE ENGRAVED `T.A. Schaeffer/ TIME 3.21'
Missing: N/A
Finish: COPPER COLOUR WITH BRASS COLOUR OVERLAID PIECE, BLUE & BLACK ENAMEL
Decoration: ON OBVERSE UPPER BAR HAS FLEUR-DE-LIS LIKE ORNAMENTS ON EACH END & ORNAMENTATION IN CENTRE OF UPPER & LOWER EDGE/ LOWER SECTION IS SHIELD SHAPE WITH SOME SCALLOPPED EDGES; IN CENTRE IS IMAGE OF MAN RIDING AN ORDINARY BICYCLE, AROUND THIS SECTION IS A LAUREL WREATH & ON BACKGROUND OF SHIELD IS SCROLLWORK IN ENAMEL & ENGRAVING

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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, 1887, Artifact no. 1987.1766, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1766.001/

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