One pound Indian Club used by Louis A Zinsmeister of Milwaukee
notes: label: Description
content: These wooden Indian clubs were used by Bavarian born Louis A Zinsmeister, Supervising Teacher of Physical Education for the Milwaukee Public Elementary Schools. Club swinging became a popular exercise for both girls and boys in physical education classes and in private gymnasiums in the early 1900's. Routines were chorographed for health and competitions. The clubs are swung in patterns to increase flexibility and strengthen the upper body. Zinsmeister was also a member of the Bahn Frei Turners, an Indian Club team and retired from the school system in 1938.
label: Description
content: Indian clubs are elongated duck pins or bowling pin shaped weights, usually made of wood and made of various sizes and weights. These are one pound each and are stamped on the side "1LB." They have two carved grooves in the body of the pin that are painted black. The knob at the top may have once been painted and there is red paint/pigment on the bottom of one pin. They also appear to have a varnish coating.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Wisconsin, Milwaukee
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: fitness
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: used
content: Education
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cecile M. Zinsmeister Savard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.323449.03
label: accession number
content: 323449
label: catalog number
content: 323449.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Indian Club
label: Object Name
content: indian club, fitness
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 cm x 6 cm; 15 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in