Vest worn by Werner Groebli of the ice skating duo "Frick and "Frack"
name: label: user
content: Groebli, Werner
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Red felt vest with white lining. There are fourteen, square metal decorations down the front of the vest along with two pockets. There is embroidery on the pockets, collar and the front button holes but there are no buttons present. The back of the vest has a house and a tree embroidered at the bottom. This is an original native costume design from Kanton Appenzell region where Groebli was originally from. This was worn by the donor, Werner Groebli, while performing as "Mr. Frick" in the Ice Follies, 1930-1960. He was one half of the famous duo "Frick and Frack" who skated in vaudeville shows during the 1930's and 1940's throughout America and Europe. They joined the original Ice Follies show in 1937 as comedy ice skaters. They skated in Alpine Lederhosen and performed eccentric tricks on ice, including the "cantilever spread-eagle", created by Groebli, and Mauch's "rubber legs", twisting and bending his legs while skating in a spread eagle position. Only a few skaters have successfully performed the duo's routines since.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
label: web subject
content: Vaudeville
label: name of sport
content: Ice Skating
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0302.02
label: accession number
content: 2003.0302
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0302.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Vest
label: Object Name
content: vest, ice skating
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall 3)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 21 in; 50.8 cm x 53.34 cm