Adult Tricycle, ca 1887
date: label: date made
content: ca 1887
name: label: maker
content: Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co.
notes: label: Description
content: While no identifying marks have been found, this 2-track, double driving youth's tricycle is believed to be an American Ideal Tricycle, made by Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co., Chicago, for it is nearly identical to the one shown and described in their 1887 catalogue. This kind of machine is known as a two-track tricycle, meaning that the single front wheel is in line with one of the rear wheels-in this case, the right wheel-so that fewer obstacles are encountered than with the symmetrical three-track tricycle with its front wheel in the center.
label: Description
content: This tricycle was donated to the Smithsonian in 1968. It was used by one of the donors-Mrs. Richards-during her childhood. Though many cycles that were made for children were inferior in quality, an examination of this one reveals that it has been carefully engineered and finely constructed.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Richards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.328718
label: catalog number
content: 328718
label: accession number
content: 276932
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tricycle, Adult
label: Object Name
content: tricycle, adult
label: Object Name
content: tricycle, Two-Track
label: Other Terms
content: Tricycle, Adult; Road
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: rear wheels: 34 in; x 86.36 cm
label: Measurements
content: front wheels: 16 in; x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 in; x 73.66 cm