General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD & PAPER & CARDSTOCK

Dimensions

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

Length

56.7 cm

Width

37.4 cm

Height

4.2 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

PARKER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Salem

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION/ AN EXAMPLE OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CYCLING, & ITS PREVALENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE - IN CANADA AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY.

Function

TO PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON FACE OF BOARD `THE CENTURY RUN BICYCLE GAME, COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MASS., U.S.A.' & VARIOUS MKGS ON BOARD TO DIRECT GAME ITSELF.

Missing

GAME BOARD (.1) TOP HAD BEEN FASTENED DOWN ON TO FRAME BUT IS NOW ATTACHED ONLY BY ONE EDGE, FRAME IS BROKEN & SOME SMALL PIECES MAY BE MISSING/ MAY BE MISSING A GAME PIECE BUT ORIGINAL NUMBER NOT KNOWN.

Finish

SIDES COVERED IN PAPER - CREAM WITH METALLIC GOLD COLOUR, TOP COVERED IN PAPER WHICH IS PRINTED IN VARIOUS COLOURS, INCLUDING METALLIC GOLD & RED BORDER

Decoration

SIDES HAVE GEOMETRIC PATTERNED PAPER, FACE OF BOARD INCLUDES VARIOUS PICTURES OF PEOPLE RIDING BICYCLES & SURROUNDING SCENERY SUCH AS COUNTRYSIDE, HOUSES & STREAM/ GOLD & RED BORDER AROUND EDGE OF BOARD & AROUND `COURSE', ORNAMENTAL SCROLLS DIVIDE SOME OF THE PICTURES.