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Woman's Bicycle
Woman's Bicycle

Woman's Bicycle

Manufacturer (American, 1890 - 1912)
Date1890s
MediumRubber, steel, paint, and leather
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height from ground to handlebars x wheel diameter): 46 x 27 7/8in. (116.8 x 70.8cm)
ClassificationsVehicles
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1994.50.2
DescriptionUnpainted steel handle bars with brown wrapped and lacquered grips. White rubber tires with wood covering the tire inside. Black painted body. Brown leather seat. Wood laced back fender and wood chain guard. Front brake on right side of handlebars. The seat of this bicycle says it is a CHRISTY SEAT, last patented in 1898.
Status
Not on view
The Hartford Cycle Company
1890-1893
Gift of Aetna, 1994.204.3, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
Pope Manufacturing Co.
about 1881
Gift of The Thompson Family Land Trust, 1994.172.1, Connecticut Historical Society
The League Cycle Company
c. 1894
Gift of Franklin Whitmore, 1921.4.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel L. Clemens
1883
Gift of Mrs. Robert D. Scanlon, 1978.55.1  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
1932
Gift of Pat Burke in memory of her father, a longtime G. Fox & Co. employee, 2016.122.0 © 2017  ...
G. Fox and Co.
1953
Side Chair
Gustave Herter
1869-1870
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Bissell, in memory of Mrs. Charles Sumner Fuller, 1974.98.2  © 2006 The ...
Eliphalet Chapin
1770-1790