The Orient "Oriten" Ten-Person Bicycle with Cyclists on a Street, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1899
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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.
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.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1899
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.188.P.892
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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