Henry Ford Museum Staff Members and Others Seated on the Ten Seat "Oriten" Bicycle, 1953

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Artifact Overview

In 1953, Henry Ford Museum staff members -- joined by an eager boy -- posed on the museum's "Oriten" bicycle. The unusual machine was built in 1896 by the Orient Bicycle Company of Waltham, Massachusetts. Described by Orient as a "decemtuple" bicycle, it toured the United States and Europe to promote the company's more conventional single- and double-seat bikes.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

1953

Subject Date

1953

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.N.B.3934

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in

Henry Ford Museum Staff Members and Others Seated on the Ten Seat "Oriten" Bicycle, 1953