Roller Skates
date: label: Date made
content: 1929
name: label: maker
content: Union Hardware Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Torrington
topic: label: sport
content: Roller Skating
label: Subject
content: Hockey
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Herbert J. La Sauce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0384.01
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0384.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0384
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Roller Skates, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: roller skates
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (strap material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: 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
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 8 cm x 10 cm; 8 7/16 in x 3 1/8 in x 3 15/16 in