Reinhardt Bicycle, 1935
date: label: date made
content: 1935
name: label: maker
content: Fahrradfabrik Otto Reinhardt
notes: label: Description
content: The Otto Reinhardt Fahrrad-fabrik, of Bielefeld, Germany built this Reinhardt bicycle in 1935. Donor Fred Birchmore purchased the bicycle for 67 Reichsmarks in Gotha, Germany. Mr. Birchmore nicknamed the bicycle, "Bucephalus" after Alexander the Great's horse and rode it “around the world”—through western Europe, eastern Europe, Crete, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Siam, Indochina, and the Philippines—over the next two years. Birchmore estimated that his travels covered approximately 40,000 miles, of which about 25,000 were on the bicycle, and the rest by boat. Approximately four saddle covers and seven sets of tires were worn out during the journey.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Georgia
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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 Fred A. Birchmore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.311533
label: catalog number
content: 311533
label: accession number
content: 148650
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bicycle
label: Other Terms
content: Bicycle; Road