Tribune "Blue Streak" Bicycle, Used by Barney Oldfield, 1898
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The sleek, light Tribune "Blue Streak," built by Black Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania, was a racing favorite. Charles "Mile-a-Minute" Murphy used a Tribune "Blue Streak" to set the mile speed record in 1899. This 1898 model was used by another cyclist who later became America's first automobile racing hero: Barney Oldfield.
The sleek, light Tribune "Blue Streak," built by Black Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania, was a racing favorite. Charles "Mile-a-Minute" Murphy used a Tribune "Blue Streak" to set the mile speed record in 1899. This 1898 model was used by another cyclist who later became America's first automobile racing hero: Barney Oldfield.
Artifact
Bicycle
Date Made
1898
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
35.738.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Barney Oldfield.
Material
Steel (Alloy)
Nickel (Metal)
Rubber (Material)
Leather
Wood (Plant material)
Color
Light blue
Brown
Red
Dimensions
Height: 37 in
Width: 20 in
Length: 69 in
Wheelbase: 44 in
Diameter: 25 in (Wheel Diameter)
Inscriptions
Leather seat: PERSONS / MAJESTIC / MFG. CO. / WORCESTER / MASS.U.S.A. Gold lettering on forward frame tube: The BLUE STREAK Rims: A.J. LOBDELL / WOOD RIMS / ALMA, MICH
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