Sales Catalog for the Orient Bicycle, Waltham Manufacturing Company, 1899
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The Waltham Manufacturing Company, maker of the Orient bicycle, published this catalog praising its bicycles and the quality of their production. The catalog provides specifications for a number of bicycles, tandems, and bicycle parts. One page even shows the famous "Oriten" -- a ten-seat machine created by the company.
The Waltham Manufacturing Company, maker of the Orient bicycle, published this catalog praising its bicycles and the quality of their production. The catalog provides specifications for a number of bicycles, tandems, and bicycle parts. One page even shows the famous "Oriten" -- a ten-seat machine created by the company.
Artifact
Trade catalog
Date Made
1899
Subject Date
1899
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Creator Notes
Printed by Ketterlinus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Waltham Manufacturing Company
Collection Title
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Collections Gallery
Object ID
41.109.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of C. W. Hadley.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.375 in
Width: 8.75 in
Depth: .25 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front cover: THE ORIENT / WALTHAM MFG. CO. / WALTHAM, MASS Printed on title page: Orient Bicycle / WALTHAM / MANUFACTURING CO. / WALTHAM, MASS. / U.S.A.
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