Photograph of Mr. Frick and an unkown ice skater
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Color photograph of vaudeville ice skating performer, Mr. Frick and an unknown female ice skater. Werner Groebli was one half of the famous duo "Frick and Frack" who skated in vaudeville shows during the 1930's and 1940's throughout America and Europe. They joined the original Ice Follies show in 1937 as comedy ice skaters. They skated in Alpine Lederhosen and performed eccentric tricks on ice, including the "cantilever spread-eagle", created by Groebli, and Mauch's "rubber legs", twisting and bending his legs while skating in a spread eagle position. Only a few skaters have successfully performed the duo's routines since.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Ice Skating
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.3005.786
label: nonaccession number
content: 2015.3005
label: catalog number
content: 2015.3005.786
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph, ice skating
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 23 in; 38.1 cm x 58.42 cm