Leon Bollee and a Woman on a Tandem Tricycle, circa 1900

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Artifact Overview

Leon Bollee (1870-1913) created his first invention -- an adding machine to assist at his father's bell foundry in Le Mans, France -- in 1887. He formed Leon Bollee Automobiles in 1895. Later, Bollee supported Wilbur Wright during Wright's successful demonstration flights at Le Mans in 1908. This image is from a collection of Bollee's photographs.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

circa 1900

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2000.53.4

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Glass (Material)

Technique

Gelatin dry plate process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5.000 in
Width: 7.000 in

Leon Bollee and a Woman on a Tandem Tricycle, circa 1900