Original Advertisement for Churchill Swim Fins
name: label: associated person
content: Churchill, Owen
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Framed advertisement for "Swim Fins from Tahiti by Owen Churchill." There is a story on the back related by Mr. Churchill which indicates he saw a painting, bought a print of it, painted in the swim fins himself, and developed it into an advertisement. The original painting is by Nordvinoff. 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
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: 1983.0200.06
label: accession number
content: 1983.0200
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0200.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: advertisement, swim fins
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 9 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 40.64 cm x 23.495 cm x 1.905 cm