Churchill Swim Fins in Original Packaging
date: label: date made
content: 1945
name: label: associated person
content: Churchill, Owen
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Red, white, and blue swim fins in the original box which were one of the first models ever manufactured and sold to swimmers. The swim fin heel is blue with the middle colored white and the tip is red with a hole in the top of the foot area. Churchill's address is molded into the bottom of the fin along with the size of the fin and the left or right designation. The original box has a color illustration of a person diving with the Churchill swim fins on. Churchill was the first to design and patent the swim fin and his were the only manufactured fins from 1940 to 1947. According to Churchill, they were used by the United States underwater demolition teams of the U.S. Navy and the British Admiralty during World War II.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Swimming
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Invention
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Owen T. Churchill
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0200.02
label: accession number
content: 1983.0200
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0200.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: swim fins
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber (fins material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/4 in x 11 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 48.895 cm x 28.575 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 15 1/2 in x 11 in x 4 in; 39.37 cm x 27.94 cm x 10.16 cm