BONESHAKER WOODS BROTHERS BONESHAKER YEAR 1869 SPRING SEAT AND BRASS PEDALS FORGED IRON BACKBONE WOOD WHEELS WITH METAL BEARINGS PRICED AT $135.00 IN THAT ERA. SHERIDAN TRICYCLE CIRCA 1874 COMBINATION OF WOOD AND CAST IRON FITTINGS. PRODUCED BY A.A.CROSBY OF RONDOUT, NEW YORK. PRICED AT $10.00 IN THAT ERA WOODEN VELOCIPEDE CARPETBAGGER 1866 THE CUSTOM MADE SEATCOVER ON THIS EXAMPLE RETAINS THE HANDMADE NEEDLEPOINT COVER WITH BULLION TRIM. THE MAKERS INITIALS ARE SEWN INTO THE COVER. TRACES OF ORIGINAL RED PAINT ARE STILL VISIBLE. PROBABLY PRODUCED BY A LOCAL WOODWORKER AS THERE ARE NO MARKINGS OF IDENTIFICATION. BROWNELL 1868 WILLIAM H. BROWNELL & CO. OF NEW BEDFORD, MA. PRODUCED THIS INEXPENSIVE VERSION FOR A GROWING MARKET. UNIT LACKED A SEAT SPRING, AND METAL WHEEL BEARINGS AS IT WAS INEXPENSIVELY PRICED AT $80.00. TRANSITIONAL VELOCIPEDE CIRCA 1871 ORIGINAL EXAMPLE FEATURING A WROUGHT IRON FRAME AS HANDFIRED BY A LOCAL BLACKSMITH. THIS EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATES THE DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE INTO THE HIGHWHEEL ERA. A SMALL REAR WHEEL ALLOWED EASY MOUNTING. THIS WAS THE STANDARD DESIGN FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. JUVENILE BONESHAKER CIRCA 1869 WOOD BROTHERS CARRIAGE COMPANY OF 596 BROADWAY IN NEW YORK CITY PRODUCED THIS 2/3RDS SCALE VELOCIPEDE FOR THE CHILDREN OF ITS WEALTHY PATRONS WHO WERE PURCHASING EXPENSIVE COACHES. THIS MODEL SOLD FOR $140.00 IN THAT PERIOD WHICH WOULD BE ALMOST $1800.00 IN TODAYS MONEY.