Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works Bicycle, 1925
date: label: Date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works
label: maker
content: Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works
notes: label: Description
content: This ladies’ bicycle was manufactured by Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in 1925. The steel bicycle has a drop frame to accommodate a skirt, a Mesinger No. 1 leather saddle, rubber tires and a steel frame. The chain drive has a 22-tooth front
label: Description
content: sprocket and 9-sprocket rear gear. The cycle has front and rear mudguards and a rear luggage rack. The bike is finished in a medium blue with white striping. The bike was donated to the museum in 1961 as a representation of the typical bicycle of the era.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Fitchburg
topic: label: Subject
content: Sports
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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: Mrs. Powhatan Moncure, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.318471
label: accession number
content: 236166
label: catalog number
content: 318471
label: catalog number
content: TR*318471
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bicycle
label: Object Name
content: girl's bicycle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 39 1/4 in x 21 3/4 in x 70 1/2 in; 99.695 cm x 55.245 cm x 179.07 cm