Men's vintage bicycle

Title
Men's vintage bicycle
Year/Period
1940s
Region
United Kingdom, Singapore
Object Type
bicycles
Material
Metal, Plastic, Rubber
Dimension
Gross Measurement: 98 x 187 x 47 cm
Accession No.
2015-01998
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore

This vintage bicycle belong to the 1940s, and it is of a similar type that the Japanese soldiers used when they conquered Malaya and Singapore in the Malayan Campaign. The horizonal cross bar on this bicycle, which helps to strengthen the frame of the machine, suggests that it is a men's bicycle.

 

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