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OBJECT TYPE: PRIZE/CENTURY RACE/PARTICIPANT
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1646.001

MANUFACTURER: Whitehead & Hoag Co.
MODEL: ACME WHEELMEN
LOCATION: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL, SYNTHETIC & FABRIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 5.9 cm
Width: 4.2 cm
Height: N/A
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: Whitehead Hoag
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Newark

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICIANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION
Function: TO SERVE AS A PRIZE IN A CYCLING COMPETITION/ CAN ALSO SERVE AS A DECORATIVE & SYMBOLIC ACCESSORY TO WEAR ON CLOTHING
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON FACE 'CENTURY RUN/ SEPT. 26,/ 1897./ ACME WHEELMEN.'/ ON RIBBON 'SURVIVOR'/ ON BACK ENGRAVED 'WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./ BADGES/ PAT./ JUNE 12, 1894/ NEWARK, N.J.'/ ON BACK OF RIBBON, UPPER LINE PARTIALLY OBSCURED 'WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./ NEWARK, NEW JERSEY'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BRIGHT YELLOW-GOLD UPPER PIECE WITH PURPLE STRIP OF FABRIC SHOWING, PURPLE SATIN-LIKE FABRIC WITH GOLD LETTERING/ LOWER PIECE IS BEIGE WITH BLUE LETTERING & GOLD RIM - SHINY SILVER COLOUR ON BACK
Decoration: MOUNTING HAS QUITE ELABORATE SCROLLWORK, CREATING CURVED & FLUTED EDGES

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Whitehead & Hoag Co., Medal, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.1646, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1646.001/

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