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- OBJECT TYPE
- STREET SCENE/BICYCLISTS
- DATE
- 1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1822.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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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