Bicycle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- safety/chain drive/diamond frame/mens
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1058.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hendee Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- Indian Scout
- LOCATION
- Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- K2010
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL TUBING/ METAL PARTS/ LEATHER SADDLE/ RUBBER PEDALS, TIRES/ SYNTHITIC TAPE HANDLE GRIPS/ METAL PUMP WITH SYNTHETIC HANDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 177.0 cm
- Width
- 54.0 cm
- Height
- 94.0 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
- Indian
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Springfield
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE FOR 1 PERSON - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF MID 1950'S GEARED BICYCLE TECHNOLOGY, IT IS ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF A BICYCLE PRODUCED BY A MAJOR MFR. OF MOTORCYCLES, HENDEE MFG. CO., MAKER OF THE `INDIAN' LINE OF MOTORCYCLES FROM 1901 TO THE MID 1960'S. HENDEE BEGAN AS A BICYCLE MFR. & CONTINUED TO MARKET BICYCLES THROUHOUT ITS HISTORY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RED & SILVER PLATE ON HEAD TUBE READS `INDIAN/ SCOUT' WITH PLAINS INDIAN HEADDRESS MOTIF'/ MULTICOLOURED DECAL ON CHAIN GUARD CONSISTING OF ARROW &HEADDRESS, & GOLD `Indian Scout' IN SCRIPT/ OUTLINE OF MISSING DECAL ON SEAT TUBE READS `Indian'/ TIRES MARKED `DUNLOP SPORTS'/ GEAR CHANGER MARKED `STURNEY ARCHER', ENGLAND', `3 OR 4 SPEED', WITH PATENT NO./ RAISED LETTERING ON PUMP HANDLE READS `APEX/ INFLATION CO. LTD.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- FRAME, CHAIN GUARD, & MUDGUARDS PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK/ PLATED HANDLBAR, RIMS, CRANKS, SPRODKET/ BLACK
- Decoration
- REMNANTS OF GOLD STRIPING ON FRAME/ PLATED CAP ON FRONT END OF FRONT MUDGUARD
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Hendee Mfg. Co., Bicycle, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1992.1058, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1058.001/
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