General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL PIN WITH WHAT IS PROBABLY LAMINATED PAPER, FABRIC RIBBON & PAPER LABEL/.2 &.3 FABRIC

Dimensions

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

Length

18.3 cm

Width

17.0 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

Whitehead Hoag

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Newark

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

Period

FOR USE IN RACES IN 1897 & 1898

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

.1 TO INDICATE THAT THE HOLDER IS A PARTICIPANT IN A PARTICULAR RACE & TO PROVIDE A SCHEDULE FOR THAT RACE/.2 &.3 TO INDICATE THAT THE HOLDER IS A PACEMAKER FOR A PARTICULAR RACE

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 ON FACE OF PIN `211' & ENGRAVED ON BACK `WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./ BADGES/ NEWARK, N.J./ PAT. JUNE 12 [9]4'/ PRINTED ON RIBBON `SPRING/ CENTURY RUN/ OF THE/ N.Y. FIREMEN'S/ CYCLE CLUB,/ TO OAKDALE, LONG ISLAND AND RETURN./ MAY 8th, 1898/ 3rd SECTION.' (* SEE SUPP. INFO. FOR REST) /.1 LABEL ON BACK `RETURN THIS COUPON TO/ HOWARD C. RUCH,/ 165 W. 29th STREET,/ FOR SURVIVOR'S MEDAL./ THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO.,/ NEWARK, N.J.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

PIN IS GREY METAL WITH CREAM COLOUR FACE & RED LETTERING/ RIBBON IS DIRTY YELLOW COLOUR WITH BLACK LETTERING

Decoration

N/A