Ordinary Racing Bicycle, 1887
date: label: date made
content: ca 1887
name: label: maker
content: Rudge, Daniel
notes: label: Description
content: Dan Rudge & Co., of Coventry, England manufactured this Ordinary racing bicycle around 1887. This racing model was undoubtedly sold by their U.S. agents, Stoddard, Lovering & Co., of Boston, Massachusetts. The bicycle was originally owned by Godfrey A. S. Wieners who used it in racing events held by the Manhattan Athletic Club.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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 Carl E. H. Von Sothen and Freda G. Von Sothen in memory of Godfrey A. S. Wieners
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.318212
label: catalog number
content: 318212
label: accession number
content: 232558
label: patent number
content: 5,261878
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bicycle, Ordinary, 8
label: Object Name
content: bicycle, ordinary
label: Object Name
content: racing bicycle
label: Other Terms
content: Bicycle, Ordinary, 8; Road
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: wheel: 59 in; x 149.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: wheel: 16 1/2 in; x 41.91 cm