Pierce-Arrow bicycle, ca. 1900
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
name: label: maker
content: Geo. n. Pierce Co.
notes: label: Description
content: George N. Pierce Company of Buffalo, New York manufactured this bicycle around 1900. The Pierce Company also made early Pierce Motorette automobiles. In time, the Pierce automobile became known as the Pierce-Arrow, while the Pierce bicycles and Pierce 1- and 4-cylinder motorcycles were built by the Pierce Cycle Co., a subsidiary of the original company. The Pierce Cycle Co. was headed by Percy Pierce, son of George, when receivers were appointed for it in 1910. The bicycle was donated to the Smithsonianm in 1928.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York
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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 Barton A. Bean
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.309386
label: catalog number
content: 309386
label: accession number
content: 100045
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bicycle, 1900
label: Other Terms
content: Bicycle, 1900; Road