Vest, worn by Mr. Frick
name: label: user
content: Werner Fritz Groebli
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Werner Groebli, “Mr. Frick” of the legendary ice skating duo of “Frick and Frack”, wore this costume during performances with the Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies. Werner, who liked to be addressed as “Mr. Frick”, began skating as a child while living in Switzerland. In 1934, he won the Swiss junior figure skating championship but soon teamed up with his partner of over 20 years, Hans-Rudi Mauch, “Mr. Frack”. Believing theatrical comedy was “low class,” they used the name “Frick and Frack” to shield their families from any embarrassment. Mr. Frick was most famous for his spread eagle cantilever move where he would perform an inside spread eagle with his feet pointing inward and leaning backward all at the same time. Not an easy feat!
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Ice Skating
label: web subject
content: Vaudeville
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0105.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0105
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0105.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vest
label: Object Name
content: vest, ice skating
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 cm x 52 cm; 20 7/8 in x 20 15/32 in