Cleveland Model 69 Bicycle, 1899
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1899
label: used date
content: 1899-1902
name: label: maker
content: H. A. Lozier and Company
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
label: used
content: United States: Iowa, Nashua
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Bicycling
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Roderick E. Briggs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0648.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0648
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0648.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bicycle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (saddle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 in x 14 1/2 in x 72 in; 96.52 cm x 36.83 cm x 182.88 cm