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- The Orient "Oriten" Ten-Person Bicycle with Cyclists, Waltham, Massachusetts, circa 1900 - Charles Metz of Waltham, Massachusetts, built the Orient Oriten in 1896 as a way to promote his Orient line of bicycles. Metz featured this 23-foot-long, 305-pound ten-seater at bicycle meets and races throughout the country. The vehicle, though, was difficult to ride. This photograph shows ten men seated on the cycle.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
The Orient "Oriten" Ten-Person Bicycle with Cyclists, Waltham, Massachusetts, circa 1900
Charles Metz of Waltham, Massachusetts, built the Orient Oriten in 1896 as a way to promote his Orient line of bicycles. Metz featured this 23-foot-long, 305-pound ten-seater at bicycle meets and races throughout the country. The vehicle, though, was difficult to ride. This photograph shows ten men seated on the cycle.
- Sales Catalog for the Orient Bicycle, Waltham Manufacturing Company, 1899 - The Waltham Manufacturing Company, maker of the Orient bicycle, published this catalog praising its bicycles and the quality of their production. The catalog provides specifications for a number of bicycles, tandems, and bicycle parts. One page even shows the famous "Oriten" -- a ten-seat machine created by the company.
- 1899
- Collections - Artifact
Sales Catalog for the Orient Bicycle, Waltham Manufacturing Company, 1899
The Waltham Manufacturing Company, maker of the Orient bicycle, published this catalog praising its bicycles and the quality of their production. The catalog provides specifications for a number of bicycles, tandems, and bicycle parts. One page even shows the famous "Oriten" -- a ten-seat machine created by the company.
- The Orient "Oriten" Ten-Person Bicycle with Cyclists on a Street, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1899 - Charles Metz of Waltham, Massachusetts, built the Orient Oriten as a way to promote his Orient line of bicycles. Metz sent the 23-foot-long, 305-pound ten-seater to bicycle meets where cyclists mounted and attempted to safely ride the machine. This photograph, taken in Detroit, Michigan, about 1899, shows a group of area cyclists seated on the vehicle.
- circa 1899
- Collections - Artifact
The Orient "Oriten" Ten-Person Bicycle with Cyclists on a Street, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1899
Charles Metz of Waltham, Massachusetts, built the Orient Oriten as a way to promote his Orient line of bicycles. Metz sent the 23-foot-long, 305-pound ten-seater to bicycle meets where cyclists mounted and attempted to safely ride the machine. This photograph, taken in Detroit, Michigan, about 1899, shows a group of area cyclists seated on the vehicle.