Button Promoting the Journal Examiner Trans-Continental Relay, 1896
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Artifact Overview
In 1896, promoters for the San Francisco Examiner and New York Journal newspapers sponsored a bicycle relay between the two cities. The event had different cyclists traveling over different segments of the route in sequence, moving from west to east. It took just over 13 days to finish the transcontinental relay. "Yellow Fellow" referred to the Journal's popular Yellow Kid comic strip.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
1896
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
62.176.24
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the State Historical Society of Colorado.
Material
Metal
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Yellow (Color)
Blue
Dimensions
Diameter: 0.875 in
Inscriptions
obverse:
Journal Examiner
Yellow Fellow
Trans-Continental Relay
Souvenir
verso:
Baldwin & Gleason Co., Ltd.
N.Y.
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