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OBJECT TYPE: illustrative/bicycle/Tricycle and Safety
DATE: 1888
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1831.001

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 ON CARDBOARD

Dimensions

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

Length: 31.2 cm
Width: 25.5 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: 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: DECORATIVE
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WITHIN PICTURE '"Over the smooth and level roads/ For many and many a mile/ The wheelman spins, and a "header" takes/ only once in a while,/ Unless he chooses to ride about/ In a much more sociable style."'/ AT BOTTOM 'RA. [1]888.', ':America:/ The Silent Wheel:'/ IN CORNER OF INSET 'R Andre'
Missing: it is the back cover of a book - missing the rest of the book?
Finish: PRINT IS IN COLOUR, OUTLINED IN YELLOW, OFF-WHITE AROUND THIS
Decoration: PICTURE OF MAN & WOMAN RIDING TANDEM TRICYCLE THROUGH GROUP OF CHICKENS, MAN RIDES 'ORDINARY' BESIDE THEM/ INSET PICTURE OF MAN RIDING TRICYCLE & OF MAN RIDING SAFETY BICYCLE.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, circa 1888, Artifact no. 1987.1831, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1831.001/

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