General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD/ GLASS/ METAL/ RUBBER/ PAPER/ PROBABLY SYNTHETIC PLATE ON FRONT

Dimensions

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

Length

45.5 cm

Width

11.5 cm

Height

50.5 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

Waddel

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

Greenfield

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION/ AN EXAMPLE OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CYCLING, & ITS PREVALENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE - IN CANADA AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY

Function

PROBABLY FOR USE AS A PROMOTIONAL GAME TO ENCOURAGE THE SALE OF CIGARS

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LETTERED ON GLASS 'The Bicycle/ Wheel.'/ MFR'S PLATE 'MANUFACTURED BY/ WADDEL W.W. WORKS/ GREENFIELD, OHIO, U.S.A.'/ LABEL INSIDE 'The Best 5c Cigar in the House/ FOR EACH NICKEL DROPPED IN THE SLOT./ DIRECTIONS:/ Drop a Nickel in the slot, pull the lever upward until/ the coin drops inside the frame. The wheel revolves and/ when it stops, the rubber indicator points to the number of/ cigars to which you are entitled./ NOTHING BUT NICKELS "GO."'./ LABEL 'In operating the Wheel, drop the nickel/ in the slot BEFORE touching the lever. The/ lever should not be handled until the nickel/ is clear through the slot.

Missing

N/A

Finish

WOOD PROBABLY VARNISHED, CLEAR, COLOURLESS GLASS WITH WHITE OUTLINE LETTERING; INNER WHEEL APPEAR TO BE PAINTED SILVER-GREY ON 'RIM'; BELL HAS CHROME-LIKE FINISH; PAPER LABELSARE BROWN WITH BLACK LETTERING

Decoration

BASKET-WEAVE PATTERN IN WOOD IN FRONT OF CASE