General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME/ PAPER/ CORD

Dimensions

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

Length

30.0 cm

Width

5.6 cm

Height

2.0 cm

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

Hartford

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

Hartford

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

ITEM WHICH REFLECTS HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY. IT ALSO IS PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION.

Function

HANDHELD PERSON COOLING DEVICE WITH TEXT & ILLUSTRATIONS WHICH SERVE TO PROMOTE BICYCLE MFR. & PRODUCT.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK PRINTED "FAN DE SIECLE/PAT. APR. 30. 1895. NO. 538,277." ALONG ONE EDGE/ BLUE LETTERING ON BOTH SIDES READS "COLUMBIA BICYCLES ARE THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD"/ BLUE LETTERING ON ONE SIDE READING "In the city of Hartford, Conn., the factories for the making of Columbia Bicycles/ and the cheaper, yet reliable, Hartford Bicycles sold by the Pope Manufac-/ turing Co., extend along the line of the New York, New Haven and/ Hartford Railroad for almost a mile. The actual floor space devoted to/ making and shiping Columbia and Hartford Bicycles is upward of 15/ acres and more than 2500 people are employed"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

GLAZED WHITE? PAPER/ UNFINISHED WOOD & NATURAL CORD

Decoration

BLUE LINE DRAWINGS OF BICYCLES & CYCLISTS IN RURAL SETTINGS ON ONE SIDE, & ON OTHER SIDE CITY OF HARTFORD & BICYCLE PARTS FACTORIES INCLUDING "TUBE MILLS", "RUBBER TIRE WORKS", "COLUMBIA FACTORY", "TUBE MILLS", "HARTFORD CYCLE CO."/ BLACK STAMPED "HOFFMAN & SHIMER, 21 BROAD ST.,/ BETHLEHEM, PA."