Track baton used by Bob Wobbrock at Gardena High School, Los Angeles, California
date: label: date made
content: 1955
name: label: depicted
content: Wobbrock, Bob
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Robert Wobbrock attended Gardena High School in California from 1953 to 1956. A typical kid of the fifties, he lettered in football and track and proudly wore this letterman’s sweater his senior year. On April 29, 1955, while a junior, Bob was the anchor for an 8-man mile relay against rival, Westchester High. Although the baton was dropped, Bob pulled his team together at the end to win. This baton was signed by all members of the winning team including the coaches of the Gardena High track team.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: track
label: level of sport
content: High School
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: 2006.0242.06
label: accession number
content: 2006.0242
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0242.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Baton
label: Object Name
content: baton, track
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 cm x 4 cm; 11 13/16 in x 1 9/16 in