Raleigh Bicycle, ca 1949
date: label: date made
content: ca 1949
notes: label: Description
content: The Raleigh Bicycle Company of Nottingham, England, produced this Raleigh brand bicycle around 1949.
label: Description
content: This bicycle was ridden by Mr. Alvaro Zabala from Bogota, Colombia to New York City form January to June 1950. On January 3, 1950 Alvaro Zabala left Bogota, Colombia, on this bicycle, and headed for New York City. After pedaling through Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, the Mississippi Valley, and Ontario, Canada, he reached New York City five months later on June 2nd. It is estimated that about 8,000 miles were covered during the trip. Subsequently, Mr. Zabala pedaled the bicycle to Washington, where he presented the bicycle to the museum. Small flags of the 10 countries through which Mr. Zabala travelled are draped from the handlebars to the saddle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England, Nottigham
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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 Alvaro Zabala
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.313481
label: catalog number
content: 313481
label: accession number
content: 187321
label: serial number
content: 24842 A.P.
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bicycle
label: Other Terms
content: Bicycle; Road