Smith Pony Star bicycle

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Description:

This American Star bicycle was built by the H. B. Smith Machine Company, of Smithville, New Jersey. It bears the serial number 3025, which dates it to around 1885. The Star bicycle has a large rear wheel and a small front wheel, the opposite set-up of the Ordinary (penny-farthing) bicycle.

Maker: H. B. Smith Machine Co.

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road, Bicycling, America on the Move, Transportation

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Credit Line: Gift of Robert Atwater Smith

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TR.279005Catalog Number: 279005Accession Number: 55662

Object Name: BicycleOther Terms: Bicycle; Road

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-5dc6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_843024

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