Roller skates used by Katherine Grimmler
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Metal adjustable roller skates with a red leather strap to strap around shoe to the ankle. The toe guard is metal with a leather insert and ties together with a black and white striped shoe string. There are red plastic wheels and the skate is adjustable for length and at toe opening. These roller skates were used by the donor, Katherine Grimmler during the 1940s and 1950s. They were given to her as a Christmas present when she was 7 or 8, in 1938 or 1939. On a wintry day she went down to the basement to use her new skates and caught on the floor drain and broke her leg.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Children
label: name of sport
content: Roller Skating
label: web subject
content: Sports
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: 2013.0062.02
label: accession number
content: 2013.0062
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0062.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: roller skates
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 3 1/2 in x 8 in; 17.78 cm x 8.89 cm x 20.32 cm