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Woman's Bicycle
Woman's Bicycle

Woman's Bicycle

ManufacturerManufactured by Pope Manufacturing Co. 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
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.
Object number1994.50.2
MarkingsPatent date on bicycle is 1894.
Subject Terms
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    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, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Public domain
    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
    Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5644  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Richard Welling
    1965-2009
    Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2011.465.76  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Richard Welling
    1990-2000