J. C. Higgins Roller Skate
date: label: date made
content: 1950 - 1960
label: date made
content: 1950
name: label: maker
content: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One of a pair of metal roller skates with a shaped heel support, adjustable toe clamps and leather straps at the ankle. The wheels have red painted centers. These were used by the donor (Claudia Anne Bush, b. 1941), about 1950 as a child when living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. J.C. Higgins was the store brand of sporting goods at Sears and Roebuck. One of a pair with 1977.1104.02.
topic: label: name of sport
content: Roller Skating
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Claudia B. Kidwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1104.01
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1104.01
label: accession number
content: 1977.1104
label: patent number
content: 2104536
label: patent number
content: 2075271
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Roller Skate
label: Object Name
content: roller skates
label: Object Name
content: roller skate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 10 in; 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm x 25.4 cm