Child's High Wheel Bicycle, circa 1885
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Adult bicycles have always presented a problem of size to child riders -- especially the high-wheel "ordinary" bikes popular in the 1870s and 1880s. This scaled-down child's bicycle was much easier for a young rider to manage. Built by the St. Nicholas Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois, this wooden bike was more affordable than a comparable metal bicycle.
Adult bicycles have always presented a problem of size to child riders -- especially the high-wheel "ordinary" bikes popular in the 1870s and 1880s. This scaled-down child's bicycle was much easier for a young rider to manage. Built by the St. Nicholas Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois, this wooden bike was more affordable than a comparable metal bicycle.
Artifact
Bicycle
Date Made
circa 1885
Creators
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
00.4.7065
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Color
Red
Dimensions
Length: 62.25 in
Width: 23 in
Height: 53.75 in
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