Victory Bicycle

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.

Date Made: ca 1886

Maker: Overman Wheel Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, BostonAssociated Place: United States: MassachusettsUnited States: New Jersey

Name Of Sport Or Game: Cycling

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Edward Hosea Sithens

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TR.307216Catalog Number: 307216Accession Number: 66457

Object Name: Bicycle

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

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-965d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_667755

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