Gilt covered roller skates worn by Jessie Darling Drown during roller skating exhibitions
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880s
name: label: maker
content: Samuel Winslow Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pair of nickel-plated, gilt covered roller skates with toe and heel clamps. the woode wheels are held by cotter pins. According to the donor "these skates were used by Mr. W. M. Drown and his daughter Jessie Darling (Drown) for exhibition skating in roller skating rinks during the first skating 'craze' in the early 1880s."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Roller Skating
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.62.346.02
label: catalog number
content: 62.346.02
label: accession number
content: 175616
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skates, pair of
label: Object Name
content: Skates, Roller, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: roller skate
label: Object Name
content: roller skates
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 3 in x 8 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm x 21.59 cm