Roller Skates
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Pair of all metal roller skates with four metal wheels on each and leather strap on proper left skate. Used by the donor, Herbert La Sauce. Bought new circa 1929 and used circa 1929-1935, when 8-9 years old, to play roller hockey in the streets. Skated on Pine Street, a black top surface, in Brooklyn, New York.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Herbert J. La Sauce
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1929
- ID Number
- 1986.0384.01
- catalog number
- 1986.0384.01
- accession number
- 1986.0384
- maker
- Union Hardware Company
- Object Name
- Roller Skates, Pair of
- roller skates
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- leather (strap material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 6.985 cm x 27.305 cm
- overall: 21.5 cm x 8 cm x 10 cm; 8 7/16 in x 3 1/8 in x 3 15/16 in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Torrington
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- sport
- Roller Skating
- Subject
- Hockey
- web subject
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_1067957
- Usage
- CC0
