Velocipede, 1867
date: label: date made
content: ca 1867
notes: label: Description
content: Joseph N. Hazelip of Baltimore, Maryland produced this wooden velocipede around 1867. The velocipede has wooden wheels, forged iron handle bars, and iron wheels. The front wheel is slightly larger than rear wheel, with spool-pedal-equipped cranks attached directly to front axle. This particular velocipede was donated the the Smithsonian in 1894, making it one of the earliest cycles in the collection.
label: Description
content: This velocipede was called a Hanlon type, as the Hanlon brothers of New York City patented a number of inventions in the late 1860s that were designed to improve velocipedes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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 William R. Beisel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.181311
label: catalog number
content: 181311
label: accession number
content: 186698
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Velocipede
label: Other Terms
content: Velocipede; Road