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OBJECT TYPE: 1ST PRIZE/1 MILE RACE
DATE: 1886
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1764.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: PENNSYLVANIA BICYCLE CLUB
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL, POSSIBLY COPPER PLATED ON BRASS, WITH ENAMEL DECORATION

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.5 cm
Width: 3.4 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION
Function: TO SERVE AS A PRIZE IN A BICYCLE RACE & AS A SYMBOL OF THE BICYCLE CLUB WHICH SPONSORED THE RACE
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: OBVERSE: ON UPPER HALF IN ENAMEL `PA'; LOWER HALF, IN ENAMEL, `PENNSYLVANIA BICYCLE CLUB 1886'
Missing: N/A
Finish: OBVERSE IS COPPER COLOUR WITH BLACK DECORATION & BLUE LETTERING ON LOWER HALF & BLUE & YELLOW DECORATION & RED LETTERING ON UPPER HALF/ REVERSE IS BRASS COLOUR & COPPER COLOUR
Decoration: OBVERSE: LOWER SECTION HAS RAISED IMAGE OF BICYCLE WHEEL IN CENTRE WITH BORDER AROUND IT LIKE A RIBBON OR BELT/ UPPER SECTION SHAPED ROUGHLY LIKE 2-HEADED ARROW WITH SHIELD-LIKE DECORATION IN MIDDLE

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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, 1886, Artifact no. 1987.1764, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.1764.001/

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