Ice Skates, used by Sonja Henie
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930 - 1950
name: label: user
content: Henie, Sonja
label: maker
content: Stanzione
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Ice skates signed and worn by Sonja Henie (1912-1969.) The skate boots were hand made for Henie by noted craftsman Gustavo Stanzione. They are signed by Henie in blue ink, and are marked "SONJA" on the blades.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Henie was instrumental in popularizing the sport of figure skating, using an impressive array of spins and jumps to win three Olympic gold medals for her homeland of Norway (1928, 2932, 1936.) Wearing short skirts and white skates, she brough increased theatricallity and style to competition. Strikingly photogenic, Henie starred in ten Hollywood films, beginning with 1936's "One in a Million." She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1941.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: name of sport
content: Ice Skating
label: web subject
content: Sports
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: 1984.0345.03
label: accession number
content: 1984.0345
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0345.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ice skates
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: grey (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: adhesive (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 4 in x 12 in; 27.94 cm x 10.16 cm x 30.48 cm