Smith tricycle, ca. 1880

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Smith tricycle, 1880, side view
Smith tricycle, 1880, front angle view
Smith tricycle, 1880, rear view

Object Details

maker

H. B. Smith Machine Co.

Description

The H. B. Smith Machine Co., of Smithville, New Jersey was well-known as the manufacturer of Star bicycles, and apparently offered tricycles such as this one during 1887 and 1888. The wheel size of this one seems to date this tricycle to 1888. According to the donor, Robert Atwater Smith, this vehicle was called the American Lever tricycle, yet there is no evidence in any of the Smith catalogs to substantiate this statement. This tricycle was donated to the Smithsonian in 1901.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Atwater Smith

date made

ca 1880

ID Number

TR.211501

catalog number

211501

accession number

38279

Object Name

Tricycle

Other Terms

Tricycle; Road

Associated Place

United States: New Jersey

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Work and Industry: Transportation, Road

America on the Move

Transportation

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-81b8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_843074