I've done some more resesarch and have more info on the model and tyres. In 1903, Featherstone had five basic models (with addional women's and cushion frame variants). It's obviously not the shaft drive Chainless model or the dropped handlebar Boulevardier. That leaves three versions of their Men's Roadster model and this appears to be the middle F-3 Men's Roadster model based on the two piece crankset with round section arms. Original price was $35.00.
Regarding tires, all models came standard with Hartford (single tube) tyres with the exception of the bottom of the line version of the Men's Roadster, which came with Morgan & Wright (double tube) tyres. As an option, you could order G+J Detachable (Gormully & Jefferey, clincher) tyres or Dunlop Detachables (wired-on) tyres. This supports my earlier post of single tube tyres being the leading candidate. Note how they offer all four tyre styles but pushed the single tube style by making it the standard offering. The optional tyres would have increased the price. From the 1903 Featherstone catalogue:
Some members may be interested in the story behind the Hartford single tube tyres. These tyres were introduced for the 1892 model year, as the pneumatic offering on Columbia bicycles, the leading USA brand at the time.
The man behind Columbia was Albert Pope a founder of the American bicycle industry. A manufacturer of various goods, he became interested in the nascent bicycle industry and started importing then English hi-wheelers in 1878, then having a local sewing machine machine company manufacture copies later the same year. Within a few years he was designing his own bicycles and had obtained controlling share in his former contractor's company.
However, while Pope offered quality bicycles, his industry control resulted just as much from his practice of buying bicycle patents, which he rigorously enforced with litigation and expensive royalties. His most notable acquisition was Pierre Lallement's original bicycle patent. Pope's patents brought him royalties from his competitors and drove up their prices, so that they were not as competitive with his Columbia brand.
With the arrival of pneumetic tyres in the very early 1890s, Pope knew they would soon become standard on all bicycles. However, he did not want to pay royalties to Dunlop or antbody else with a patented pneumatic tyre. He thought he had found the solution in the Boothroyd, the first single tube tyre. Invented in England in 1890, the Boothroyd design was offered royalty free. Pope then purchased controlling interest in the neighbouring Hartford Rubbber Works Co. to manufacture his pneumatic tyre under the Hartford brand.The fact that Pope chose single tube tyres was not lost on the industry and the consumer. Other manufacturers followed Pope's lead, realizing that Pope was the accepted industry leader and that the format that he chose would likely become the industry standard.
Pope was dealt a minor blow in 1892 and 1893 when Pardon W. Tillinghast was granted USA patents for his single tube tyre, which was similar to the Boothroyd . Pope's response was to obtain controlling interest in the Security Pneumatic Tyre Company, which then bought the Tillinghast patents.
The mid-1890s brought the orignal bicycle boom and with it, an increase in bicycle companies. The increased competition brought down bicycle prices and caused manufacturers to seek less expensive tyre alternatives. Between it's low cost and Pope's endorsement, the single tube tyre became dominant in the American bicycle industry. Pope was making money off every single tyre manufactured and sold in the USA, regardless of the brand.
The increased competiton some brought market saturation and an industry recession in the very late 1890s, Dwindling sales would force Pope to sell his single tube patents and align hinmself with sporting goods tycoon A.G. Spalding, to spearhead the incorporation of the American Bicycle Company, an amalgamation of leading USA bicycle companies, that hoped to control supply and fix prices.
However, Pope's Hartforrd single tube tyre had been instrumental in establishing the single tube as the dominant tyre in the USA market and was the brand having the highest recognition with consumers.With the establishment of ABC and their need for an inexpensive tyre, the corporate ties via Pope likely resulted in the Hartford single tube tyre becoming the standard tyre for bicycle brands under the ABC banner.