General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAMEWORK/ SYNTHETIC LAMINATED PAPER FACE/ PAPER BACKING

Dimensions

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

Length

3.1 cm

Width

N/A

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

Whitehead Hoag

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Newark

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & THE POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION

Function

PROBABLY USED PRIMARILY TO HOLD A COLLAR TOGETHER (BY PASSING BUTTON THROUGH BUTTONHOLES IN EACH SIDE OF COLLAR), WHILE SERVING AS A DECORATIVE ACCESSORY ON CLOTHING/ MIGHT ALSO BE USED AT CUFFS OR ELSEWHERE ON SHIRT FRONT/ ALSO INTENDED TO PROMOTE A PRODUCT

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON FACE: 'ARCHIE LE JEAL ON A QUAKER WHEEL/ JACOB ROTH 1018 STATE ST. ERIE P.A.'/ ON BACK: 'THE/ WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./ NEWARK, N.J./ PATENTED/ JULY 17, 1894/ APRIL 14, 1896/ JULY 21, 1896'

Missing

None.

Finish

FRONT IS BLACK WITH WHITE LETTERING/ BACK IS BROWN WITH BLACK LETTERING

Decoration

PHOTO IMAGE OF A MAN RIDING A BICYCLE ON FACE