Original folding bicycle, The Dwyer Folding Bicycle Co., Danbury, Connecticut, 1897

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1897

GUSN

GUSN-270833

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Vehicles
Bicycles
Vehicles - Bicycles - Folder 3
Original folding bicycle, The Dwyer Folding Bicycle Co., Danbury, Connecticut, 1897
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Vehicles
    - Bicycles
      - Vehicles - Bicycles - Folder 3
        Envelope for The St. Louis Refrigerator & Wooden Gutter Co., corner Main Street & Park Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, dated May 12, 1896
        Receipt for The St. Louis Refrigerator & Wooden Gutter Co., corner Main Street & Park Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, dated May 8, 1896
        Billhead for The St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co., corner Main Street & Park Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, dated May 9, 1896
        Billhead for The St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co., corner Main Street & Park Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, dated May 9, 1896
        Certificate for the Lu-Mi-Mum Bicycle, The St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co., St. Louis, Missouri, dated May 9, 1896
        Envelope for the New York Export & Import Co., exporters, importers & manufacturers agents, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, New York, November 3, 1902
        Letterhead for the New York Export & Import Co., exporters, importers & manufacturers agents, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, New York, November 3, 1902
        Bearings, The Cycling Authority of America, Paris, France, April 2, 1896
        Instructions for the Lu-Mi-Num Bicycle, St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co., St. Louis, Missouri, 1896
        Original folding bicycle, The Dwyer Folding Bicycle Co., Danbury, Connecticut, 1897 (current record)
        Trade card for Victor Bicycles, Overman Wheel Co., office and factory, Chicopee Falls, Mass., 1895
        Advertisement for Victor Bicycles, Overman Wheel Co., New York, Boston, undated

Description

The advantages and features of the folding bicycle are described in text and photographs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
vehicles (transportation)
bicycles
leisure
pamphlets

Physical Descrption

1 pamphlet ; 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.121.02.03.010

Image Dimensions

5 1/2 x 3 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, 2001.

Places

Danbury (Fairfield county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Material Type

pamphlets

Subjects

Cycling

Description Level

Item

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