Child's Velocipede, 1876
date: label: date made
content: 1876
notes: label: Description
content: George W. Marble, of Chicago, Illinois, received patent number 171,623 on December 28, 1875 for an "improvement in velocipedes." Half of his right was assigned to Adolph Shoeninger, also of Chicago. This small tricycle, constructed principally of wood, bears the above patent date, and is similar to the drawing accompanying the patent application. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1930.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Illinois
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 Mrs. Harold Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.309803
label: catalog number
content: 309803
label: accession number
content: 109223
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tricycle, Child's
label: Other Terms
content: Tricycle, Child's; Road
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: front wheel: 24 in; x 60.96 cm
label: Measurements
content: rear wheels: 20 in; x 50.8 cm