Skateboard made by the donor Jerome Gardner, 1968
date: label: date made
content: 1968
name: label: user
content: Gardner, Jerome
label: maker
content: Gardner, Jerome
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Wooden skateboard made by the donor Jerome Gardner as a 10 year old, in 1968, resembles a rocket with white and red flames carved at the back in honor of the moon landing of that same year. The donor cut a roller skate in half and with nails, attached one half of the roller skate to the front of of a scrap piece of wood and the other half to the back. According to the donor he rode this board in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, "I mainly rode the board at my elementary school, two houses down from my house. There was a concrete connector between two buildings that had a gentle slope that was perfect for riding."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: North Carolina, Rocky Mount
label: Associated Place
content: United States: North Carolina, Rocky Mount
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: recreational
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jerome Gardner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0036.01
label: accession number
content: 2021.0036
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0036.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skateboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 5 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 55.88 cm x 14.605 cm x 12.065 cm