Handmade wooden skateboard deck
date: label: date made
content: 1958
label: date made
content: ca 1958
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Handmade wooden skateboard deck with inlaid design down the center. The donor, Michael Savage, bought this board for five dollars when he was 8 or 9 years old, from "the old man that lived down the street," in Redondo Beach, California. According to the donor, the maker of the board made custom surfboards and would occasionally make a skateboard for the neighborhood kids. The donor does not have the wheels for the board but said they were originally roller skate wheels that he attached to the board but then he replaced those with the first wheels made specifically for skateboards (most likely a clay composite). It was still the responsibility of the skater to attach the wheels to the board and it was not until a few years later that manufactured boards were sold as a complete setup. The other set of holes were made later as he used it as a shelf. Unfortunately there are no photos of the donor riding the board.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: recreational
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Skateboarding
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0149.01
label: accession number
content: 2010.0149
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0149.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skateboard deck
label: Object Name
content: skate deck
label: Object Name
content: skatedeck
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 67.31 cm x 13.97 cm x 1.905 cm