Gull Wing Trucks skateboard sticker
date: label: date made
content: 1970s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Gull Wing Trucks skateboard sticker is silver and black. Gull Wing trucks began in 1976 when skaters Mike Williams and Joe Lynch teamed up with the people at High Precision Grinding to create a new skateboard truck. Specifically designed for downhill and slalom racing, their split axle design allowed for tight turing and greater stability at high speeds.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Skateboard stickers have played an important role in skateboard advertising especially in the late 1980s and early 90s when small, independent skate companies were emerging. Skate companies used this inexpensive and visually appealing media to advertise their companies, board models, skate contests, and skate teams. The stickers were often offered free through magazine offers and at skate shops where the most sought after were kept behind the counter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.3038.05
label: nonaccession number
content: 2021.3038
label: catalog number
content: 2021.3038.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sticker, skateboarding
label: Object Name
content: skateboard sticker
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: adhesive (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 13.335 cm