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- OBJECT TYPE
- 1ST PRIZE/2 MILE RACE
- DATE
- 1889
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1057.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MCFEE, A.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Belleville, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.3 cm
- Width
- 4.4 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
- MCFEE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Belleville
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1889
- Canada
-
IN 1880S & 1890S, BICYCLE RACES & MEETS WERE FREQUENTLY HELD BY CYCLING CLUBS & OTHER GROUPS IN CANADA & ELSEWHERE, PRODUCTS OF CYCLING CRAZE OF THAT ERA. THIS ITEM ALSO IS PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION. - Function
-
PIECE OF SHAPED & INSCRIBED METAL INTENDED TO BE WORN ON CLOTHING, WHICH SERVED AS PRIZE IN CYCLING COMPETITION. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED & RAISED LETTERING ON FRONT READS "TWO MILE/ 89, "BICYCLE", "1ST PRIZE"/ INCISED & RAISED LETTERING ON BACK READS "A. McFEE/ BELLEVILLE", WON BY/ D.A. GIBSON/ AT/ I.O.O.F. BAND/ DEMONSTRATION/ BELLEVILLE/ ONT./ July 1ST 1889"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- METALLIC- SILVER COLOURED
- Decoration
- MEDAL CONSISTS OF AMULET HALF ENCIRCLED BY WREATH & SUSPENDED FROM UPPER BAR WHICH HAS CURVED EDGES & INCISED LINE AROUND EDGE/ AMULET CONTAINS INCISED ILLUSTRATION OF CYCLIST & ORDINARY BICYCLE IN RURAL SETTING/INCISED LINES AROUND EDGES & WITHIN DESIGNS
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MCFEE, A., Medal, 1889, Artifact no. 1995.1057, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1057.001/
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