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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1914–1918
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1132.001

MANUFACTURER: C.C.M.
MODEL: C.C.M BICYCLES
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 70.5 cm
Width: 53.3 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: CCM
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: ITEM WHICH REFLECTS HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY. ALSO IT IS PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION. IT PROMOTES PRODUCTS OF CANADA CYCLE & MOTOR CO. LTD, LARGEST MFR. & SUPPLIER OF BICYCLES IN CANADA FROM 1899 UNTIL MID 1950'S.
Function: ADVERTISEMENT USED TO PROMOTE PRODUCT, IN THIS CASE, ONE MFR.'S BICYCLES AS FACTOR IN WAR EFFORT.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK & RED LETTERING READING "RIDE A BICYCLE/ a Machine that enables one to/ walk with a twenty-foot stride/ - the weight of the body being/ taken off the feet-the descent/ of one foot lifting the other,/ and the momentum of each/ step being carried on to those/ that follow-can never be/ superceded for business or/ pleasure except/ by a self-/ propelled/ flying/ machine."
Missing: FRAYED & CURLED EDGES
Finish: WHITE WITH BLACK & RED PRINTING
Decoration: LINE DRAWING OF SOLDIER BESIDE BICYCLE IN LOWER LEFT CORNER/ IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER, BLACK & RED C.C.M LOGO CONSISTING OF BICYCLE WHEEL & LETTERING READING"GUARANTEED/ CANADA CYCLE & MOTOR CO. LIMITED/ C.C.M./ TORONTO MONTREAL WINNIPEG VANCOUVER/ BICYCLES"/ LINE DRAWING OF SOLDIER ON BICYCLE

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C.C.M., Poster, circa 1914–1918, Artifact no. 1995.1132, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1132.001/

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