Shirley ice skates manufactured by William Hawkins of Derby Connecticut
date: label: date made
content: 1865
name: label: maker
content: Hawkins, William Minton
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pair of steel ice skates with open-work lattice shoe mounted on slightly curved runners with toe and heel clamps. According to the donor, Bert Haller these were approxiomately 75 years old in 1951 and bear the name William Hawkins, Derby, Conmnecticut. These were referred to as "Shirley" skates when the donor was a boy. The skates are marked "Shirley" patents, April 12, 1859 and June 25, 1861 and "Hawkins" patent, March 28, 1865.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Bert. L. Haller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.62.353
label: catalog number
content: 62.353
label: accession number
content: 190159
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: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 3 in x 2 in; 30.48 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm