Object Details
- Description
- This high-wheeler bicycle was built by the Overman Wheel Company of Boston, Massachusetts around 1886. This bicycle was Overman’s Victor model, which was ridden to many racing victories in the late 1880s by Stacy Cassady, of Millville, New Jersey. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1921.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Overman Wheel Co.
- date made
- ca 1886
- Credit Line
- Gift of Edward Hosea Sithens
- Physical Description
- steel (frame material)
- rubber (pedals material)
- leather (saddle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 60 3/4 in x 72 in x 25 1/2 in; 154.305 cm x 182.88 cm x 64.77 cm
- Object Name
- Bicycle
