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- Singer "Number 1 Standard Model" Sewing Machine, circa 1852 -
- circa 1852
- Collections - Artifact
Singer "Number 1 Standard Model" Sewing Machine, circa 1852
- Singer "Xtraordinary" High-Wheel Bicycle, 1880 - Singer and Company of Coventry, England, manufactured the Xtraordinary, an early high-mount safety bicycle. The rider sat farther back behind the wheel (rather than on top), lowering the center of gravity. This made it safer if the large drive wheel came to an abrupt stop. To accommodate this new position, the front fork was raked and a lever-action drive was employed.
- 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Singer "Xtraordinary" High-Wheel Bicycle, 1880
Singer and Company of Coventry, England, manufactured the Xtraordinary, an early high-mount safety bicycle. The rider sat farther back behind the wheel (rather than on top), lowering the center of gravity. This made it safer if the large drive wheel came to an abrupt stop. To accommodate this new position, the front fork was raked and a lever-action drive was employed.
- Advertisement for Singer Sewing Machines, "The Most Reliable Sewing Machine in the World," 1855-1865 -
- 1855-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Advertisement for Singer Sewing Machines, "The Most Reliable Sewing Machine in the World," 1855-1865
- High-Wheel Bicycle, circa 1878 - This wood-wheeled bicycle from the 1870s is an example of an early high-wheel ordinary. The ordinary evolved from the velocipede of the late 1860s. Innovators enlarged the velocipede's front wheel, which made traveling great distances quicker. Future improvements such as steel-tube-frame construction, ball bearings, and wire wheels with rubber tires made the high wheeler a popular recreational and sporting vehicle.
- circa 1878
- Collections - Artifact
High-Wheel Bicycle, circa 1878
This wood-wheeled bicycle from the 1870s is an example of an early high-wheel ordinary. The ordinary evolved from the velocipede of the late 1860s. Innovators enlarged the velocipede's front wheel, which made traveling great distances quicker. Future improvements such as steel-tube-frame construction, ball bearings, and wire wheels with rubber tires made the high wheeler a popular recreational and sporting vehicle.