Victory Bicycle
Victory Bicycle
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- Description
- This high-wheeler bicycle was built by the Overman Wheel Company of Boston, Massachusetts around 1886. This bicycle was Overman’s Victor model, which was ridden to many racing victories in the late 1880s by Stacy Cassady, of Millville, New Jersey. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1921.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Bicycle
- date made
- ca 1886
- maker
- Overman Wheel Co.
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Associated Place
- United States: Massachusetts
- United States: New Jersey
- Physical Description
- steel (frame material)
- rubber (pedals material)
- leather (saddle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 60 3/4 in x 72 in x 25 1/2 in; 154.305 cm x 182.88 cm x 64.77 cm
- ID Number
- TR.307216
- catalog number
- 307216
- accession number
- 66457
- Credit Line
- Gift of Edward Hosea Sithens
- subject
- Cycling
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Bicycling
- America on the Move
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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