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OBJECT TYPE: HUMOUROUS/DECORATIVE
DATE: 1905–1908
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1821.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1905 TO 1908
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 PROVIDE A VEHICLE ON WHICH TO SEND A WRITTEN MESSAGE THROUGH THE MAIL/ PICTURES INTENDED TO BE, VARIOUSLY, HUMOUROUS, DECORATIVE, SOUVENIRS
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 POST MARK`BIRMINGHAM/ 3.30.PM/ MY 15/ 05' & HANDWRITING/.2 CAPTION ON PICTURE `I HAVE BEEN RUNNING INTO DIFFERENT PEOPLE ALL DAY.', POSTMARK DATE `OC 20/ 06'/.3 CAPTION `"PRACTICE MAKES PERFECTION"'; POSTMARK DATE `SP 24/ 07'/.4 PRINTED ON FRONT `10029 AB5-/ It looks easy/ but try it' & `SOUVENIR POST CARD CO N.Y.', POST MARK INCLUDES `1908'/.5 ON FRONT `La Petite Violet/ Featured with/ SigFrans & co./ Orpheum Studio/ So.Bend.Ind.'/.6 ON FRONT `ELF/ Paris/ 2', ON BACK `Fabrication Francaise'
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1-.3 OFF-WHITE BACK, COLOUR DRAWING ON FRONT/.4-.7 OFF-WHITE BACK WITH BLACK & WHITE PHOTO ON FRONT/.1,.3-.4 HAVE HANDWRITING IN BLACK INK,.2 IN PENCIL/.1-.2 HAVE GREEN PRINTING,.3-.4 BROWN &.5-.7 GREY OR BLACK/.7 HAS SOME GREY PAPER STICK ON BACK, CARD APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY GLUED ONTO THIS GREY PAPER
Decoration: .1 STREET SCENE, POSSIBLY IN ENGLAND, INCLUDESPEOPLE WITH BICYCLES, MOTORBIKE & CAR/.2 WOMAN RIDING BICYCLE, HAVING APPARENTLY JUST RUN DOWN A MAN/.3 PICTURE OF MAN & WOMAN RIDING BICYCLE SIDE BY SIDE/.4 PHOTO OF SEVERAL WOMEN IN BATHING COSTUMES - ONE ON BICYCLE/.5 PICTURE OF WOMAN IN TIGHT COSTUME POSING BY BICYCLE/.6 PHOTO OF TOPLESS WOMAN POSING WITH BICYCLE/.7 PHOTO OF CHILD ON CAR `PULLED' BY FAKE DOG

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Unknown Manufacturer, Postcard, circa 1905–1908, Artifact no. 1987.1821, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.1821.001/

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