Indian Motorcycle, 1902
date: label: date made
content: 1902
notes: label: Description
content: This motorcycle was designed in 1901 by noted bicycle racer Oscar Hedstrom. Hedstrom worked for the Hendee Manufacturing Company of Springfield, Massachusetts and was tasked with designing a gasoline powered motorcycle from the bicycles the company already produced. It is one of the 143 motorcycles built in 1902, the year the model was first offered for sale. The introductory model of motorcycle was called the India, which the company adopted as its name in 1923.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Massachusetts
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of B. E. Andre, through Indian Motorcycle Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.309934
label: catalog number
content: 309934
label: accession number
content: 109248
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Motorcycle
label: Other Terms
content: Motorcycle; Road
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 75 1/2 in x 41 in x 18 in; 191.77 cm x 104.14 cm x 45.72 cm