Object Details
- H. A. Lozier and Company
- Description
- This Cleveland model 69 bicycle was manufactured by H. A. Lozier Company in Cleveland, Ohio around 1899. This bicycle was used by L. J. Powers who rode to work in Nashua, Iowa from his home in Powersville on a daily basis between the years of 1899 and 1902. It was donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1989. This type of bicycle was the most common men's bicycle during a period when cycling was an extremely popular activity among adults, factory output of bicycles was increasing rapidly, and bicycle manufacturing methods were changing.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Roderick E. Briggs
- ca 1899
- used date
- 1899-1902
- ID Number
- 1989.0648.01
- accession number
- 1989.0648
- catalog number
- 1989.0648.01
- Object Name
- Bicycle
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- leather (saddle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 38 in x 14 1/2 in x 72 in; 96.52 cm x 36.83 cm x 182.88 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Ohio, Cleveland
- used
- United States: Iowa, Nashua
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Bicycling
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- Exhibition
- America On The Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_742169
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-56bd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
