Child's Velocipede, 1876
Child's Velocipede, 1876
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- Description
- George W. Marble, of Chicago, Illinois, received patent number 171,623 on December 28, 1875 for an "improvement in velocipedes." Half of his right was assigned to Adolph Shoeninger, also of Chicago. This small tricycle, constructed principally of wood, bears the above patent date, and is similar to the drawing accompanying the patent application. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1930.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Tricycle, Child's
- Other Terms
- Tricycle, Child's; Road
- date made
- 1876
- Associated Place
- United States: Illinois
- Measurements
- front wheel: 24 in; x 60.96 cm
- rear wheels: 20 in; x 50.8 cm
- ID Number
- TR.309803
- catalog number
- 309803
- accession number
- 109223
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Harold Allen
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- America on the Move
- Bicycling
- Transportation
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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