Smith Star bicycle, ca. 1884
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Object Details
- Description
- This cycle was built by the H. B. Smith Machine Company, of Smithville, New Jersey. It bears the serial number 1200, and patent dates of 1880 and 1884. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1908. According to the donor, this machine was given to his father, Benjamin F. Wilkins, around 1900. Mr. Wilkins, a member of the Capitol Bicycle Club of Washington, D.C., never rode it, as it was considered a relic when he acquired it.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Thomas M. Wilkins
- ca 1884
- ID Number
- TR.248836
- accession number
- 48354
- catalog number
- 248836
- Object Name
- Bicycle, Ordinary
- Other Terms
- Bicycle, Ordinary; Road
- Associated Place
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- United States: New Jersey
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- America on the Move
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_843315
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-77a3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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