Chicago Roller Skate Company Skates in Original Packaging
name: label: maker
content: Chicago Roller Skate Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Metal roller skates with a leather ankle stap with a metal buckle and metal toe clamps. Large metal wheels with black rubber surface. They are tightened and lengthened with a key. The key is with the skate. The original brown paper bag with drawing of a boy roller skating is also with the skates. The Chicago Roller Skate Company was founded in 1905 by Elisha Clark Ware and soon became the most dominant manufacturer of skates in America in the 20th century. They introduced many innovations to the world of skating including the St Pierre detachable skate, the “Flex-i-Flote” skate, and the “Velvet Tread” wheel system.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New Hampshire, Acworth
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Roller 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: 1989.0665.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0665.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0665
objectType: label: Object Name
content: roller skates
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 3 in x 8 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 7.62 cm x 21.59 cm