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OBJECT TYPE: STREET SCENE/BICYCLISTS
DATE: 1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1822.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
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: PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 14.0 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: USED TO SEND A MESSAGE IN 1939
Canada: PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPOARTANT 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 A VEHICLE FOR A WRITTEN MESSAGE TO BE SENT THROUGH THE MAIL/ PICTURE CAN ALSO SERVE AS ILLUSTRATION & SOUVENIR OF A PARTICULAR PLACE
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: TYPEWRITTEN MESSAGE `c/o Amerian Express Co.,/ Copenhagen, Denmark/ July 21st./ 39./ Hello Bill,/ Greeting/ from the city of bicycles./ The first half of Aug./ I am playing Aarhvs,/ Denmark. a very pretty/ sea-side resort./ Kindest regards, [SIGNED:] Eddie Gordon' STAMPED `AMERICA'S FAMOUS TRAMP CYCLIST/ EDDIE GORDON/ "THE SILENT HUMORIST"'/ ADDRESSED TO `Mr. W.E. Ritchie,/ 2167Haviland Ave.,/ BRONX, NEW YORK./ U.S.A.'/ PRINTING INCLUEDS `KOBENHAVN/...Queen Louise Bridge, Cycle Traffic.', `Forlag: J. Chr. Olsen'/ POSTMARK INCLUDES `KOBENHAVN/ 2230/ 21 JULI/ 1939/ OMK.3'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK & WHITE PHOTO ON FRONT/ BACK IS OFF-WHITE WITH BLACK TYPEWRITING, PURPLE STAMP & GREEN INK SIGNATURE
Decoration: PHOTO OF NUMEROUS PEOPLE RIDING BICYCLE ON A CITY STREET

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Unknown Manufacturer, Postcard, circa 1939, Artifact no. 1987.1822, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1822.001/

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