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Starley Bicycle, ca. 1887

Object Details

Description
The Starley Brothers of St. John's Works, in Coventry, England, built this Psycho brand bicycle around 1887. The bicycle is of the improved cross-frame, safety type with a crank-bracket stay, a stay between the steering head and the top of the saddle post, and a pair of stays from the rear end of the rear fork to the top of the saddle post.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
date made
ca 1887
Credit Line
Gift of J. E. Hosford
Object Name
Bicycle, 1887
bicycle
Other Terms
Bicycle, 1887; Road

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