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Glenn H. Curtiss Museum - Hammondsport, New York
April 2010

Doesn't this look like a fun, comfy ride?
[All metal bike - no cushioning evident anywhere.]

1899 Columbia ladies' chainless shaft bicycle
[Ladies bike with shaft instead of chain.]

With large front tire one is more likely to pitch forward on this.
[Early bike with large front tire and small rear tire.]

With large rear tire one is more likely to fall backward on this.
[Early bike with small front tire and large rear tire.]

Curtiss flexible sidecar of 1906 attached to a Curtiss motorcycle.
[Wicker chair attached to a motorcycle.]

Record-setting V8 Curtiss motorcycle: Curtiss became the fastest man on earth at 136mph with this in January 1907.
Record held for 4 years until a man in a automobile went faster. Lasted for 27 years as a motorcycle record.
[Bicycle frame extended to include a V8 engine. Handlebars lengthened so ride could reach them.]

June Bug II: Only flyable replica in the world of a plane dating back to 1908.
Original June Bug in 1907 was the first flight ever witnessed by the public.
[Wooden biplane.]

1919 Seagull seaplane (Hull has a mahogany veneer.)
[Sea plane built for civilian use.]

Curtiss Aerocar is an early fifth wheel trailer. (Built with airplane technology to keep it light and aerodynamic.)
[Advertisement posted of trailer being pulled by a car.]

Cars have been pulling trailers for years! (This 1940 Buick is not actually attached to the trailer.)
[Black Buick with black Aerocar behind it.]

1920's FAO Schwartz doll house
[Two story eight room dollhouse completely open on one side.]

1946 dollhouse: Built by Nicholas Heider for his granddaughter who kept it for 63 years before donating it to the museum. It's a miniature version of his Cleveland home.
[Two story four room dollhouse with white siding. Part of the siding in four places opens as a door to show four rooms. A bathroom is in the upper left. A kitchen in the lower left. The door, with a window in it, is partially closed on the upper right. The lower right appears to be a livingroom.]

Closeup of bathroom
[Room has a dark wooden floor, a pedastal sink, a toilet with a tank on the wall above the bowl, and a small stool. A window is in the wall beside the toilet.]

1861 Hair Wreath completed by Mrs. Harriet H. Foote using the hair from 15 of her friends and relatives.
[Very intricate collage of many types of flowers in a wooden frame under glass.]

Edward Lobeck's (local Hammondsport resident) four-leaf clover collection
[Four picture frames full of actual four-leaf clovers.]

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All photos © S. M. Garver