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OBJECT TYPE: BICYCLE RACE
DATE: 1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1081.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: DUNLOP
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: NON-FERROUS METAL CUP/ MARBLE BASE

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: 7.6 cm
Height: 19.6 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: ITEM WHICH REFLECTS HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY. IT ALSO IS PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION.
Function: PRESENTATION PIECE IN FORM OF ORNAMENTED CUP, AWARDED AS PRIZE AT CYCLING COMPETITION.
Technical: IN LATE 1880S, SCOTTISH VETERINARIAN JOHN DUNLOP DEVELOPED PNEUMATIC RUBBER TIRE. THESE REVOLUTIONIZED BICYCLE, MAKING RECENTLY DEVELOPED SAFETY BICYCLE INTO FASTER, LIGHTER & MORE COMFORTABLE VEHICLE. IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE ALL BICYCLES HAD PNEUMATIC TIRES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING READING "COLONIST/ BICYCLE RACE/ 1935/ DUNLOP/ TROPHY/ CLASS C/ 1ST"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: PLATED CUP/ WHITE & BROWN MARBLE
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Trophy, circa 1935, Artifact no. 1995.1081, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1081.001/

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