Carol Heiss model figure skates used by Melodie Sweeney
date: label: Date made
content: 1960's
name: label: user
content: Sweeney-Gamble, Melodie
label: maker
content: Endicott Johnson
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pair of white leather figure skates with cloth laces and dark brown wooden soles. Steel blades are attached to the bottom of the sole and the skates are lined with a red plaid fabric. These are the "Carol Heiss" model of figure skate and were kept in their original box, 2003.1017.03. They were worn by the donor, Melodie Sweeney, in the 1960's at a community pond where she skated with her parents. Later she used them in junior and senior high at the Marriot Twin Bridges, a smaller outdoor rink.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Ice Skating
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0171.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0171
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0171.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Skates
label: Object Name
content: ice skates
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.2 cm x 11 cm x 28.2 cm; 11 1/2 in x 4 5/16 in x 11 1/8 in