Speed skates used by John S. Johnson
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pair of home-made ice skates consist of leather shoes mounted on hollow metal tubes onto straight, narrow metal runners. A leather strip protects the blades. These were used by champion speed skater, John S. Johnson (1870-1934.) Johnson was also a championship bike racer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Speed Skating
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From John S. Johnson, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.62.359
label: catalog number
content: 62.359
label: accession number
content: 14359
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Skates, Ice, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: skates, pair of
label: Object Name
content: ice skates
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/2 in; 44.45 cm