Bicycle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ordinary
- DATE
- 1887
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0208.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Fane, T. & Co.
- MODEL
- Comet
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 112
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME/ METAL WHEELS W. SOLID RUBBER TIRES/ WOOD HANDGRIPS/ LEATHER SADDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 172.0 cm
- Width
- 44.0 cm
- Height
- 141.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Cycles & cycling
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Fane
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW ORIDINARIES WITH CANADIAN MARKINGS. - Function
-
A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION GENERATED BY PEDALLING - Technical
-
THIS MACHINE IS VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LATER PERIOD ORDINARY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE ON BACKBONE: 'T. FANE &CO., TORONTO, THE COMET'
- Missing
- PART OF HANDLEBAR HAS BEEN SAWN OFF (APPARENTLY SO THAT BIKE COULD BE MOUNTED ON A WALL)/ PEDAL ON THE SAME SIDE MISSING/ ORIGINAL SEAT
- Finish
- 'THIS MACHINE IS FINISHED WITH A UNIQUE BRASS PLATING WHICH SEEMS TO BE AGED SUFFICIENTLY TO INDICATE IT COULD BE ORIGINAL' (REF.1)/ HANDLEBAR & SEAT SPRING PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Fane, T. & Co., Bicycle, circa 1887, Artifact no. 1981.0208, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0208.001/
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