Churchill Swim Fins in Original Packaging
name: label: associated person
content: Churchill, Owen
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Blue and green swim fins in the original box which were one of the first models ever manufactured and sold to swimmers. The swim fin heel is green and the tip is blue with a hole in the top of the foot area. Churchill's address is molded into the bottom of the fin along with the size of the fin and the left or right designation. The original box is blue with a floral design and a person diving at the bottom of the box. Churchill was the first to design and patent the swim fin and his were the only manufactured fins from 1940 to 1947. According to Churchill, they were used by the United States underwater demolition teams of the U.S. Navy and the British Admiralty during World War II.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Swimming
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Invention
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Owen T. Churchill
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0200.03
label: accession number
content: 1983.0200
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0200.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: swim fins
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 3/4 in x 8 in x 3 1/4 in; 42.545 cm x 20.32 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 16 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in x 4 in; 41.91 cm x 24.13 cm x 10.16 cm