Object Details
- Overman Wheel Co.
- Description
- This high-wheeler bicycle was built by the Overman Wheel Company of Boston, Massachusetts around 1886. This bicycle was Overman’s Victor model, which was ridden to many racing victories in the late 1880s by Stacy Cassady, of Millville, New Jersey. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1921.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Edward Hosea Sithens
- ca 1886
- ID Number
- TR.307216
- catalog number
- 307216
- accession number
- 66457
- Object Name
- Bicycle
- Physical Description
- steel (frame material)
- rubber (pedals material)
- leather (saddle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 60 3/4 in x 72 in x 25 1/2 in; 154.305 cm x 182.88 cm x 64.77 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Associated Place
- United States: Massachusetts
- United States: New Jersey
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Bicycling
- America on the Move
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport or game
- Cycling
- Record ID
- nmah_667755
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-965d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
