Object Details
- H. B. Smith Machine Co.
- Description
- This American Star bicycle was built by the H. B. Smith Machine Company, of Smithville, New Jersey. It bears the serial number 3025, which dates it to around 1885. The Star bicycle has a large rear wheel and a small front wheel, the opposite set-up of the Ordinary (penny-farthing) bicycle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert Atwater Smith
- ID Number
- TR.279005
- catalog number
- 279005
- accession number
- 55662
- Object Name
- Bicycle
- Other Terms
- Bicycle; Road
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Bicycling
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_843024
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-5dc6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
