Doll, paper

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OBJECT TYPE: PROMOTIONAL/WOMEN'S CYCLE COSTUME
DATE: 1895
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1916.001

MANUFACTURER: GAST LITH. CO.
MODEL: COLUMBIA
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1-.5 PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.0 cm
Width: 8.4 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: GAST
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

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 CANADAAS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY
Function: TO PROMOTE A PRODUCT (COLUMBIA BICYCLES), WHILE PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT WOMEN'S CYCLING COSTUME & A TOY FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY WITH
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INNER SIDE OF BACK SECTION MKGS INCLUDE `This Doll, represents a/ Bicycling Costume/especially/designed/for the/POPE MANUFACTURING CO./ HARTFORD, Conn./BY/Redfern/NEW YORK and LONDON'...`The series will be of great value in/deciding the appropriate dress for use/awheel, at the same time delighting/the hearts of all the children into/whose hands they may come.'...`Publishing Department,/POPE MFG. COMPANY,/ HARTFORD, Conn.'/OUTER SIDE OF BACK INCLUDES `COLUMBIA BICYCLE/for Woman's Use/are lighter, more attractive and graceful,/and better adapted to individual require-/ments, than any bicycles yet produced.' [SEE SUPP. INFO. FOR REST] ON FACE `COPYRIGHT, 1895, GAST LITH. CO. N.Y.'
Missing: .1 MISSING ONE LOWER ARM & HAND
Finish: .1-.5 COLOUR LITHOGRAPH ON OUTER SIDE OF FRONT SECTION, WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING ON OUTER SIDE OF BACK SECTION/ INNER SIDE OF BOTH SECTIONS LIGHT BROWN WITH SOME BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: .1-.5 EACH HAS ON FACE A PICTURE OF A WOMAN IN CYCLING COSTUME STANDING BESIDE A BICYCLE

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GAST LITH. CO., Doll, paper, circa 1895, Artifact no. 1987.1916, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1916.001/

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