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OBJECT TYPE: ORIGINAL/PEN & INK
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1960.001

MANUFACTURER: PATTERSON, F.
MODEL: CYCLING FIFTY YEARS AGO [TITLE]
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, CARDBOARD BACKING, WOOD FRAME WITH METAL SCREWS

Dimensions

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

Length: 43.5 cm
Width: 33.5 cm
Height: 1.5 cm
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: PATTERSON
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: TO BE HUMOUROUS
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: `CYCLING FIFTY YEARS AGO'; `WE HAD GRAND VIEWS/ OF THE COUNTRY.'; `THE PEDESTRIAN/ AS HE APPEARED TO US.'; `IT WAS THOUGHT/ WE TRUNDLED/ THE THING/ TO/ TRAFALGAR/ SQUARE/ IN ORDER/ TO MOUNT.'; `BUT IT WAS NOT SO./ ANY OLD THING WOULD DO.'; `WE WERE SOMETHIMES SPOKEN OF AS/ "GRASSHOPPERS"/ THREE STAGES OF THE HOP'; `BUT DOWN HILL WE KNOW THE/ JOYS OF CYCLING - WE THREW/ OUR LEGS OVER THE HANDLEBARS/ AND THE WINDIN OUR WHISKERS/ WAS MOST EXHILERATING.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CREAM COLOUR PAPER, PROBABLY SOMEWHAT YELLOWED, BLACK INK, BLUE PENCIL COLOURING IN TITLE
Decoration: CHARICATURE OF MAN RIDING, MOUNTING & FALLING OFF OF ORDINARY

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PATTERSON, F., Cartoon, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.1960, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1960.001/

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