Smith tricycle, ca. 1880
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
name: label: maker
content: H. B. Smith Machine Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The H. B. Smith Machine Co., of Smithville, New Jersey was well-known as the manufacturer of Star bicycles, and apparently offered tricycles such as this one during 1887 and 1888. The wheel size of this one seems to date this tricycle to 1888. According to the donor, Robert Atwater Smith, this vehicle was called the American Lever tricycle, yet there is no evidence in any of the Smith catalogs to substantiate this statement. This tricycle was donated to the Smithsonian in 1901.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey
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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 Robert Atwater Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.211501
label: catalog number
content: 211501
label: accession number
content: 38279
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tricycle
label: Other Terms
content: Tricycle; Road