Velocipedes
name: label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 1: Transportation
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 1: Transportation / 1.3: Bicycles
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1863-1894
container: label: Container
content: Box 16, Folder E
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The velocipede is an early form of the bicycle and these items are the oldest of the bicycle materials; almost all date from 1868 to 1869. Most of the pieces are instrumental; there are only two vocal compositions. All of the covers have illustrations featuring a velocipede. There is one Mexican and one German imprint. (9 items)