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Starley Bicycle, ca. 1887

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  • Name plate of Starley safety cycle, c.1887

    Object Details

    Description

    The Starley Brothers of St. John's Works, in Coventry, England, built this Psycho brand bicycle around 1887. The bicycle is of the improved cross-frame, safety type with a crank-bracket stay, a stay between the steering head and the top of the saddle post, and a pair of stays from the rear end of the rear fork to the top of the saddle post.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of J. E. Hosford

    date made

    ca 1887

    ID Number

    TR.218218

    catalog number

    218218

    accession number

    40967

    Object Name

    Bicycle, 1887
    bicycle

    Other Terms

    Bicycle, 1887; Road

    Associated Place

    United Kingdom: England, Coventry, Coventry

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    Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
    Bicycling
    America on the Move
    Transportation

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-9e68-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_843088

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