Swimming goggles used by Gertrude Ederle
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: user
content: Ederle, Gertrude
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: These swimming goggles were worn by American Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003) while making her historic swim across the English Channel in August of 1926. Not only was Ederle the first woman to ever complete the feat, only five men had ever accomplished the swim, and she bested their times by almost two hours.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Called <i>America's Best Girl</i> by President Calvin Coolidge, Ederle returned to fame and a ticker-tape parade in New York City. The former Olympican furthered the acceptance of female athletics, helping make the 1920s America's <i>Golden Age of Sport.</i>
topic: label: name of sport
content: Swimming
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gertrude C. Morrison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0781.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0781
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0781.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: goggles, swimming
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fibers, synthetic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 cm x 8 cm x 7 cm; 6 11/16 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 in; 8.255 cm x 16.51 cm x 7.62 cm