Smith Star bicycle, ca. 1884
date: label: date made
content: ca 1884
notes: label: Description
content: This cycle was built by the H. B. Smith Machine Company, of Smithville, New Jersey. It bears the serial number 1200, and patent dates of 1880 and 1884. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1908. According to the donor, this machine was given to his father, Benjamin F. Wilkins, around 1900. Mr. Wilkins, a member of the Capitol Bicycle Club of Washington, D.C., never rode it, as it was considered a relic when he acquired it.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: America on the Move
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Thomas M. Wilkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.248836
label: accession number
content: 48354
label: catalog number
content: 248836
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bicycle, Ordinary
label: Other Terms
content: Bicycle, Ordinary; Road