Object Details
- Description
- This American Star bicycle was built by the H. B. Smith Machine Company, of Smithville, New Jersey. It bears the serial number 3025, which dates it to around 1885. The Star bicycle has a large rear wheel and a small front wheel, the opposite set-up of the Ordinary (penny-farthing) bicycle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- H. B. Smith Machine Co.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert Atwater Smith
- Object Name
- Bicycle
- Other Terms
- Bicycle; Road
