A. French Roller Skate Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1880
name: label: maker
content: French, Andrew
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Roller skate patent model. Black wooden, shoe shaped baseplate with two metal U-shaped joints attached to the bottom. There are a set of two unpainted wooden wheels attached to the U-shaped joints with two wheels on each axle. The original patent tag is with the object, "A. French [/] Roller Skates [/] March 9 1880 [/] Number 225,361."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Roller Skating
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: See more items in
content: Patent Models
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Raport
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1216.50
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1216.50
label: accession number
content: 1977.1216
label: patent number
content: 225361
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Roller Skate Patent Mod
label: Object Name
content: model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, roller skating
label: Object Name
content: roller skates, patent model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 11 in; 6.985 cm x 6.985 cm x 27.94 cm