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