Boat Model, Sail Scooter
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents a sail scooter. Scooters were used for winter recreation and racing along the Hudson River, as well as other frozen bodies of water in Michigan and Wisconsin. Designed like a sailboat, a scooter has runners like a sled together with sails, which propel it across ice. The model is rigged with sails and has two white paddles. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1961 by William H. Harless of East Moriches, NY.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Maritime
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Transportation
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content: Ship Models
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. William H.l Harless, East Moriches, New York
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.319028
label: catalog number
content: 319028
label: accession number
content: 236176
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boat
label: Object Name
content: sail scooter, model
label: Other Terms
content: boat; Maritime; Ice
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 14 in x 4 in; 20.32 cm x 35.56 cm x 10.16 cm