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Women's vintage bicycle

Title

Year/Period

1940s

Region

United Kingdom, Singapore

Object Type

bicycles

Material

Metal, Plastic

Dimension

Gross Measurement: 98 x 173 x 52 cm

Accession No.

2015-01999

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 slanted cross bar on this bicycle suggests that it is a women's bicycle, as such a design makes it more convenient for a lady to mount the bicycle.