Donoghue racing skates used by Emil Frank A. Claus
date: label: associated dates
content: 1974 10 / 1974 10
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Donoghue racing ice skates have nickel plated steel blades attached to shaped wooden platforms on which the skater's shoe rested and was held with spikes, screw and leather strap, 1892-1900. According to the donor these skates were used by his father Emil Frank A. Claus around 1894 when he was 10 and were used until he was 18 years old. He did not use them in racing competition but only for recreational skating.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Torrington
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Ice Skating
label: level of sport
content: recreational
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.313652.01
label: accession number
content: 313652
label: catalog number
content: 313652.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skates, pair of
label: Object Name
content: Ice Skates, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: ice skates
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.5 cm x 6.2 cm x 45.2 cm; 1 25/32 in x 2 7/16 in x 17 25/32 in