Two paperback cycling books, 'Collecting & Restoring Antique Bicycles' and 'CCM The Story of the First Fifty Years'; part of the R L Bates Collection.

Object Type
Documents and books/Book
Documents and books/Document/Card/Postcard
Date Used
1981
1946
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Object Detail

Brief Description

Two paperback cycling books: "COLLECTING & RESTORING ANTIQUE BICYCLES" by G. Donald Adams, published in 1981 and containing a postcard and "C.C.M./ THE STORY OF THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS" by Merrill Denison, a history of the Canada Cycle and Motor Company Ltd, printed in 1946. Adams' book has a red cover with a colour photograph of cyclists on pennyfarthings, the bicycle themed postcard is from the San Antonio Museum of Transportation. Denison's book has a plain maroon cover with the title in yellow and white.

Museum

Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum

Measurements

H: 210 W: 131 D: 30mm (H: 8 1/4 W: 5 3/16 D: 1 3/16")
H: 332 W: 285 D: 10mm (H: 13 1/16 W: 11 1/4 D: 3/8")
H: 91 W: 140 D: 1mm (H: 3 9/16 W: 5 1/2 D: 1/16")

Media/Materials

Paper
Ink

Associated Person

Rupert Bates; 18 Oct 1904; 06 Oct 1993

Date Used

1981
1946

Location

In storage

Registration No

2006.5744

Credit Line

Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Rupert Bates