Child's High Wheel Bicycle, 1885
Object Details
- Description
- Elbert C. Wood used this ordinary (high-wheeler) bicycle as a child in 1885. The ordinary has a 32-inch front wheel and a 12-inch rear wheel. The bicycle is made of iron with wooden grips and a learther-covered iron saddle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Elbert C. Wood
- 1885
- ID Number
- TR.317075
- catalog number
- 317075
- accession number
- 229882
- Object Name
- bicycle
- Measurements
- overall: 40 in x 15 in x 45 in; 101.6 cm x 38.1 cm x 114.3 cm
- front wheel: 33 cm; x 13 in
- rear wheel: 12.5 cm; x 4 15/16 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Bicycling
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1342286
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-6ba3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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