Sports & Leisure

Tennis Racket

The nation's passion for sports is obvious every day—at NASCAR races, kiddie soccer matches, and countless other contests. From a handball used by Abraham Lincoln to Chris Evert's tennis racket to a baseball signed by Jackie Robinson, the roughly 6.000 objects in the Museum's sports collections bear witness to the vital place of sports in the nation's history. Paper sports objects in the collections, such as souvenir programs and baseball cards, number in the hundreds of thousands.

Leisure collections encompass a different range of objects, including camping vehicles and gear, video games, playing cards, sportswear, exercise equipment, and Currier and Ives prints of fishing, hunting, and horseracing. Some 4,000 toys dating from the colonial period to the present are a special strength of the collections.

Date: 2010s

XEM Skaters Genderqueer Skatezine

XEM Skaters Genderqueer Skatezine, July 2016.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
XEM Skaters Genderqueer Skatezine, July 2016.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2016
ID Number
2019.3079.06.1
nonaccession number
2019.3079
catalog number
2019.3079.06.1

Midwest Brewhaha roller derby patch

Midwest Brewhaha, Milwaukee, 2011 roller derby patch. Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions name.
Description (Brief)
Midwest Brewhaha, Milwaukee, 2011 roller derby patch. Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions name. In 2002, the Texas Rollergirls were formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. The flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, print programs and putting any money earned back into the organization.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2011
ID Number
2016.3108.12
nonaccession number
2016.3108
catalog number
2016.3108.12

Paisley Park skateboard deck, "Paisley Grabs Back"

Paisley Park skateboard deck is laminated wood with a layer of blue wood visible around the edge. The surface is light red with the Paisley Park logo printed at one end and engraved in the other end.
Description (Brief)
Paisley Park skateboard deck is laminated wood with a layer of blue wood visible around the edge. The surface is light red with the Paisley Park logo printed at one end and engraved in the other end. The bottom has a black ground with "Paisley grabs back" written in cursive in white with a pink border. There are men and women in profile wearing the 'pussy' hats made famous at the Women's March held on January 22, 2017 in response to Donald Trump's inauguration. The donor, Nick Halkias is an employee at Paisley and explains the reason behind the graphic, "The issue of women’s rights and the political climate of that time was a daily conversation in our homes and work." They went to Winston Tseng for graphic ideas and they picked this one because, "Its the type of image that nobody would expect from a bunch of skaters. Especially a new company working to define their image. We were thrilled to show support and solidarity for women’s rights and political resistance." Tseng has been designing art work for skateboards since the 1990s and his work has always been innovative and cutting edge. He conveyed to me that this graphic, in particular, broke ground, "For a world that still primarily caters to male youths, this graphic is counterculture to the counterculture, which made the idea behind it even more important for us to convey to this audience."
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2017
artist
Tseng, Winston
ID Number
2017.0325.01
accession number
2017.0325
catalog number
2017.0325.01

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls"

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication.
Description (Brief)
Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication. Whitehead began skateboarding at age 15 and had turned pro by the time she was 17, something girls were not doing in the mid-1970s. She became one of the only girls skating both pool and half pipe and is the only girl ever to be featured in a two page article with a photo spread in the center of a skateboarding magazine. Whitehead retired from skateboarding at 22 but still skates and has remained in the sports arena as a sport stylist, an occupation she created.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2017
2016
ID Number
2017.0044.02.75
accession number
2017.0044
catalog number
2017.0044.02.75

DeeDee Jonrowe 2012 Iditarod sports card

2012 Iditarod sports card of musher DeeDee Jonrowe and one of her sled dog puppies sponsored by the Shell Oil Company. DeeDee Jonrowe moved to Alaska in her teens and began competing in sled dog races in 1978.
Description (Brief)
2012 Iditarod sports card of musher DeeDee Jonrowe and one of her sled dog puppies sponsored by the Shell Oil Company. DeeDee Jonrowe moved to Alaska in her teens and began competing in sled dog races in 1978. She ran her first Iditarod in 1980 and consistently finishes in the top 10 or 20 and winning both the Copper Basin 300 and Klondike 300 races. She is most proud of the awards she has won for dog care including the Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian award given by the veterinarians of the Iditarod for the musher who has provided the best care and treatment to their dogs. She is the founder of M.U.S.H. with Pride, an organization that assists with training of kennel owners on the fair treatment of dogs. Her public battle with breast cancer in 2002 has cast Jonrowe as the inspirational role model for many and in 2003 she became an honorary chairperson for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Jonrowe lost her home and kennel in 2015 during the Sockey Wildfire but managed to save all of her dogs and is currently rebuilding.
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race is an extreme sports challenge that tests the skill and endurance of competitors while celebrating Alaska’s sled dog culture and history. Teams of 12 to 16 dogs, primarily Alaskan Huskies, and their musher experience harsh terrain and weather conditions during the 1,150 mile run from Anchorage to Nome. In its modern iteration as an extreme sport, the Iditarod takes an intense physical toll not only on the human competitors but also on the sled dogs. The race follows a large network of Native trade and travel routes which travelers used when gold was discovered in the isolated town of Iditarod. This discovery led to a “rush” of miners and settlers from across the country, transforming the trail into the region’s main mail and supply route. The area’s harsh winter conditions made sled dog teams the main source of transportation along the Iditarod Trail and it is this rich history which the Iditarod race celebrates today. In 1978 Congress designated the 2300 mile Iditarod Trail as a National Historic Trail recognizing its importance in the shaping of America. Through its beginnings as a regional story, the Iditarod provides us the opportunity to explore the American Experience through the origins of the Iditarod National Historic Trail and the transformation of the Alaskan sled dog culture into an international sport. The Iditarod is now the largest and most prominent sled dog race in the world, attracting international competitors and world-wide media attention.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2012
depicted
Jonrowe, DeeDee
ID Number
2013.3036.16
nonaccession number
2013.3036
catalog number
2013.3036.16

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls"

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication.
Description (Brief)
Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication. Whitehead began skateboarding at age 15 and had turned pro by the time she was 17, something girls were not doing in the mid-1970s. She became one of the only girls skating both pool and half pipe and is the only girl ever to be featured in a two page article with a photo spread in the center of a skateboarding magazine. Whitehead retired from skateboarding at 22 but still skates and has remained in the sports arena as a sport stylist, an occupation she created.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2017
2016
ID Number
2017.0044.02.74
accession number
2017.0044
catalog number
2017.0044.02.74

Poster from the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Parade held in Washington, DC on June 12, 2018

Poster given to fans attending the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Parade held in Washington, DC on June 12, 2018.
Description (Brief)
Poster given to fans attending the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Parade held in Washington, DC on June 12, 2018. The Washington Capitals were founded in 1974 as an expansion team and are a member of the Metropolitan Division of the eastern Conference in the National Hockey League. They played at the Capitals Center in Landover, Maryland until 1997 when they made the move to the Verizon Center located in the heart of Washington, DC. Ted Leonsis bought the team in 1999, drafted high profile players and began winning. Since 2009 the Capitals have won eleven division titles, three President’s trophies and in 2018, finally won the elusive Stanley Cup Championship.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2018
depicted
Washington Capitals
ID Number
2018.3064.04
nonaccession number
2018.3064
catalog number
2018.3064.04

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls"

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication.
Description (Brief)
Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication. Whitehead began skateboarding at age 15 and had turned pro by the time she was 17, something girls were not doing in the mid-1970s. She became one of the only girls skating both pool and half pipe and is the only girl ever to be featured in a two page article with a photo spread in the center of a skateboarding magazine. Whitehead retired from skateboarding at 22 but still skates and has remained in the sports arena as a sport stylist, an occupation she created.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2017
2016
ID Number
2017.0044.02.46
accession number
2017.0044
catalog number
2017.0044.02.46

Rohn Buser 2012 Kusko 300 Champion 2012 Iditarod sports card

2012 Iditarod sports card of the 2012 Kusko 300 Champion musher, Rohn Buser and two of his sled dogs, sponsored by Happy Trails Kennel which is owned and operated by musher, Martin Buser.
Description (Brief)
2012 Iditarod sports card of the 2012 Kusko 300 Champion musher, Rohn Buser and two of his sled dogs, sponsored by Happy Trails Kennel which is owned and operated by musher, Martin Buser. Rohn is the son of Martin Buser and was named after one of the checkpoints along the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race. Buser emigrated to Alaska from Switzerland in 1979 and opened his sled dog breeding and training facility, the Happy Trails Kennel. Buser chooses dogs from sprint racing champions and breeds them with dogs that are athletically well built and then trains them for long distance races such as the Iditarod. He had many skeptics in the beginning but has run in every Iditarod since 1986, winning four times so he must be doing something right. Buser has won the Leonhard Seppala Award for the most humanitarian care of his dogs in 1988, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 2014.
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race is an extreme sports challenge that tests the skill and endurance of competitors while celebrating Alaska’s sled dog culture and history. Teams of 12 to 16 dogs, primarily Alaskan Huskies, and their musher experience harsh terrain and weather conditions during the 1,150 mile run from Anchorage to Nome. In its modern iteration as an extreme sport, the Iditarod takes an intense physical toll not only on the human competitors but also on the sled dogs. The race follows a large network of Native trade and travel routes which travelers used when gold was discovered in the isolated town of Iditarod. This discovery led to a “rush” of miners and settlers from across the country, transforming the trail into the region’s main mail and supply route. The area’s harsh winter conditions made sled dog teams the main source of transportation along the Iditarod Trail and it is this rich history which the Iditarod race celebrates today. In 1978 Congress designated the 2300 mile Iditarod Trail as a National Historic Trail recognizing its importance in the shaping of America. Through its beginnings as a regional story, the Iditarod provides us the opportunity to explore the American Experience through the origins of the Iditarod National Historic Trail and the transformation of the Alaskan sled dog culture into an international sport. The Iditarod is now the largest and most prominent sled dog race in the world, attracting international competitors and world-wide media attention.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2012
ID Number
2013.3036.21
nonaccession number
2013.3036
catalog number
2013.3036.21

Boots worn as part of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader uniform, 2016

White leather cowboy boots worn as part of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader uniform, 2011. Originally designed by Leslie Van Wagoner of the Lester Melnick store in Dallas, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders signature uniform is a carefully guarded trademark.
Description (Brief)
White leather cowboy boots worn as part of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader uniform, 2011. Originally designed by Leslie Van Wagoner of the Lester Melnick store in Dallas, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders signature uniform is a carefully guarded trademark. Specifically tailored to fit each individual cheerleader, the signature blouse, vest and shorts were hand made by Leveta Crager until the mid-1990s and are now made by Lisa Dobson.
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have been cheering the team on since the Cowboys football team’s inception in 1961 but it wasn’t until 1972 that the iconic uniforms were created. With the distinctive uniforms and specialized dance moves, the cheerleaders soon became icons of popular culture producing the first poster to feature cheerleaders in 1977 and appearing in three television shows that same year. They began their international activities in 1978 when the NFL wanted to promote American football abroad and they chose the cheerleaders as their ambassadors. Their show group travels the world demonstrating their Texas spirit and pride in their football team and their country.
A decidedly American invention, cheerleading has its origins in sports and education. Beginning as early as 1877, fans organized cheers in the stands at Princeton football games but it was not until the 1930s when Gussie Nell Davis, a physical education teacher at Greenville High in Texas, saw the need to involve girls in physical activity. Participation in organized sports was not readily available to girls at this time - the Flaming Flashes and later, the Kilgore Rangerettes of Kilgore College in Texas, both organized by Davis, provided a sense of unity and empowerment through athleticism. Until Title IX, cheerleading was among the few sports available at the high school and collegiate levels that provided opportunities for women.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2016
ID Number
2017.0042.08
accession number
2017.0042
catalog number
2017.0042.08

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls"

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication.
Description (Brief)
Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication. Whitehead began skateboarding at age 15 and had turned pro by the time she was 17, something girls were not doing in the mid-1970s. She became one of the only girls skating both pool and half pipe and is the only girl ever to be featured in a two page article with a photo spread in the center of a skateboarding magazine. Whitehead retired from skateboarding at 22 but still skates and has remained in the sports arena as a sport stylist, an occupation she created.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2017
2016
ID Number
2017.0044.02.23
accession number
2017.0044
catalog number
2017.0044.02.23

The Sixth Annual, Skateboarding Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Program, 2015

The Sixth Annual, Skateboarding Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Program, 2015. The donor, Robin Logan is featured in this program as a 2015 Hall of Fame inductee.
Description (Brief)
The Sixth Annual, Skateboarding Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Program, 2015. The donor, Robin Logan is featured in this program as a 2015 Hall of Fame inductee. Logan began skating at the age of 4 but didn't begin competing until 1975 at the Bahne/Cadillac National Championships where she placed 2nd in the women’s freestyle event. Throughout the 1970s, Robin placed first or second at slalom, freestyle and cross country events. She went on to skate until 1980 promoting the Logan Earth Ski brand of skateboards her family owned and appearing in many worldwide exhibitions, television shows and movies.
Logan, Earth, Ski began with Bruce Logan who started skating in 1959 at the age of 8 with his older brother Brian. They created a skateboarding club, The South Bay Skateboard Club with a few other skaters and had t-shirts and jackets printed but no sponsors. When skateboarding began to take off in 1964 the Logan boys got an official sponsor through the Bing Surfboard shop located down the street from their house. They changed their club name to the Bing Skateboard team and began competing locally. They were featured on Surf's Up with Stan Richards which was the first time skateboarding was shown on television. They earned second place behind the Hobie team on the live show and didn’t lose a team competition after that. Bruce went on to compete and from 1965 to 1975 winning most every freestyle competition that he entered along with many slalom events. The Logans went on to start the family business of Logan Earth Ski, creating its own skate team which included some of the top skaters of the era including Jay Adams, Laura Thornhill, Tony Alva and, of course, the Logan family. Brian, the oldest brother retired from skating and runs the business while the rest of the family continues to skate
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2015
depicted
Logan, Robin
ID Number
2019.0196.02
accession number
2019.0196
catalog number
2019.0196.02

Apprentice Leader "Pele" 2012 Iditarod sports card

2012 Iditarod sports card of apprentice lead dog, Pele, sponsored by Happy Trails Kennel which is owned and operated by musher, Martin Buser. Buser emigrated to Alaska from Switzerland in 1979 and opened his sled dog breeding and training facility, the Happy Trails Kennel.
Description (Brief)
2012 Iditarod sports card of apprentice lead dog, Pele, sponsored by Happy Trails Kennel which is owned and operated by musher, Martin Buser. Buser emigrated to Alaska from Switzerland in 1979 and opened his sled dog breeding and training facility, the Happy Trails Kennel. Buser chooses dogs from sprint racing champions and breeds them with dogs that are athletically well built and then trains them for long distance races such as the Iditarod. He had many skeptics in the beginning but has run in every Iditarod since 1986, winning four times so he must be doing something right. Buser has won the Leonhard Seppala Award for the most humanitarian care of his dogs in 1988, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 2014.
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race is an extreme sports challenge that tests the skill and endurance of competitors while celebrating Alaska’s sled dog culture and history. Teams of 12 to 16 dogs, primarily Alaskan Huskies, and their musher experience harsh terrain and weather conditions during the 1,150 mile run from Anchorage to Nome. In its modern iteration as an extreme sport, the Iditarod takes an intense physical toll not only on the human competitors but also on the sled dogs. The race follows a large network of Native trade and travel routes which travelers used when gold was discovered in the isolated town of Iditarod. This discovery led to a “rush” of miners and settlers from across the country, transforming the trail into the region’s main mail and supply route. The area’s harsh winter conditions made sled dog teams the main source of transportation along the Iditarod Trail and it is this rich history which the Iditarod race celebrates today. In 1978 Congress designated the 2300 mile Iditarod Trail as a National Historic Trail recognizing its importance in the shaping of America. Through its beginnings as a regional story, the Iditarod provides us the opportunity to explore the American Experience through the origins of the Iditarod National Historic Trail and the transformation of the Alaskan sled dog culture into an international sport. The Iditarod is now the largest and most prominent sled dog race in the world, attracting international competitors and world-wide media attention.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2012
ID Number
2013.3036.27
nonaccession number
2013.3036
catalog number
2013.3036.27

Patti McGee skate deck commemorating her 2010 induction into the Skateboard Hall of Fame

Wooden laminated skateboard deck with a black and white photo montage of the first Betty of skate, Patti McGee, skateboarding and making public appearances and a large image of Patti's Life Magazine cover are reproduced on both sides of the deck.
Description (Brief)
Wooden laminated skateboard deck with a black and white photo montage of the first Betty of skate, Patti McGee, skateboarding and making public appearances and a large image of Patti's Life Magazine cover are reproduced on both sides of the deck. This deck was created to commemorate McGee's 2010 induction into the Skateboard Hall of Fame. In 1964, Patti became the first female to win the National Skateboard Championships and achieved another first in 1965 as she became the first female pro skateboarder. Patti went on to appear on the television show “What’s My Line” and “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson after being featured on the cover of Life magazine in May of 1965. She was also the only woman to be featured on a skateboard magazine cover when she appeared on the May 1965 issue of Skateboarder Magazine. Patti was a worldwide ambassador for the skateboarding world in the 1960s and continues in that role today with her induction into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame, the first female to hold that honor.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2010
depicted
McGee, Patti Villa
ID Number
2013.0130.02
accession number
2013.0130
catalog number
2013.0130.02

Unity Skateboard deck

Unity Skateboard deck is a wood maple laminate construction with a red deck surface.
Description (Brief)
Unity Skateboard deck is a wood maple laminate construction with a red deck surface. The bottom of the deck has a white ground with an original drawing from Unity Skateboards founder, Jeff Cheung.
Unity Skateboards is the creation of Jeffrey Cheung, a California based artist who wanted to provide a safe environment for queer skaters who often face ridicule and shame in their local skate parks. Outreach started through his zines on Unity Press, spreading the word throughout the LGBTQ community, creating opportunities for sponsorship and the start of their own skate team. Cheung hopes, “Unity Skateboard will be for queer youth and queer people out there: an encouraging and positive force.” He believes, “Being queer is a mind set and not necessarily a sexuality. I am hoping that by being an all-inclusive project, it could be a bigger idea than a gay skate company -- and that we can break down barriers together.” (https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/ywvgmw/get-to-know-unity-a-radically-queer-skate-company)
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2018
ID Number
2018.0162.01
accession number
2018.0162
catalog number
2018.0162.01

The Leonhard Seppala Award for Humanitarian Treatment of Dogs during the 2012 Iditarod

This is the Leonhard Seppala Award for Humanitarian Treatment of Dogs awarded to Dee Dee Jonrowe after the 2012 Iditarod Sled Dog race.
Description (Brief)
This is the Leonhard Seppala Award for Humanitarian Treatment of Dogs awarded to Dee Dee Jonrowe after the 2012 Iditarod Sled Dog race. This award is given by the race veterinarians, to the musher who takes the best care of their dog team during the Iditarod race and is highly prized by the mushers. Seppala was the celebrated musher, who, with his sled team and lead dog Togo ran the longest leg of the famed Serum Run from Nenana to Nome. In 1925 an outbreak of diphtheria hit Nome and although air travel was becoming more widespread in the Alaskan wilderness, the only plane available at the time had a frozen engine and was unable to fly. The Alaska Railroad was used to bring the needed anti-diphtheria serum north from Anchorage to Nenana; it traveled the last 700 miles to Nome through a chain of twenty sled dog teams in just over five days. Seppala ran the longest and most treacherous leg of the run although most remember the musher to finish the serum run, Gunnar Kassen with the most famous sled dog of all time, Balto.
DeeDee Jonrowe moved to Alaska in her teens and began competing in sled dog races in 1978. She ran her first Iditarod in 1980 and consistently finishes in the top 10 or 20, winning both the Copper Basin 300 and Klondike 300 races. She is most proud of the awards she has won for dog care including the Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian award given by the veterinarians of the Iditarod for the musher who has provided the best care and treatment to their dogs. She is the founder of M.U.S.H. with Pride, an organization that assists with training kennel owners on the fair treatment of dogs. Her public battle with breast cancer in 2002 has cast Jonrowe as the inspirational role model for many and in 2003 she became an honorary chairperson for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Jonrowe lost her home and kennel in 2015 during the Sockeye Wildfire but managed to save all of her dogs and is currently rebuilding.
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race is an extreme sports challenge that tests the skill and endurance of competitors while celebrating Alaska’s sled dog culture and history. Teams of 12 to 16 dogs, primarily Alaskan Huskies, and their musher experience harsh terrain and weather conditions during the 1,150 mile run from Anchorage to Nome. In its modern iteration as an extreme sport, the Iditarod takes an intense physical toll not only on the human competitors but also on the sled dogs. The race follows a large network of Native trade and travel routes which travelers used when gold was discovered in the isolated town of Iditarod. This discovery led to a “rush” of miners and settlers from across the country, transforming the trail into the region’s main mail and supply route. The area’s harsh winter conditions made sled dog teams the main source of transportation along the Iditarod Trail and it is this rich history which the Iditarod race celebrates today. In 1978 Congress designated the 2300 mile Iditarod Trail as a National Historic Trail recognizing its importance in the shaping of America. Through its beginnings as a regional story, the Iditarod provides us the opportunity to explore the American Experience through the origins of the Iditarod National Historic Trail and the transformation of the Alaskan sled dog culture into an international sport. The Iditarod is now the largest and most prominent sled dog race in the world, attracting international competitors and world-wide media attention.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2012
depicted
Jonrowe, DeeDee
ID Number
2013.0054.02.2
accession number
2013.0054
catalog number
2013.0054.02.2

Knee braces used by Jack Smith during his 2018 solo ride across the country

Two knee braces used by Jack Smith during his 2018 solo ride across the country.Jack Smith began skating in 1974 and entered his first contest, the Bahne-Cadillac/Del Mar Nationals, in 1975.
Description (Brief)
Two knee braces used by Jack Smith during his 2018 solo ride across the country.
Jack Smith began skating in 1974 and entered his first contest, the Bahne-Cadillac/Del Mar Nationals, in 1975. On a whim the next year, he and a few friends decided to skate across the country and he has made the trip three other times since. It took only 26 days in 1984 and in 2003 he skated again but this time for a cause, “Skateboarding Across America on Board for Lowe Syndrome.” Smith’s son was diagnosed with this genetic disease and passed away in 2003 so to raise awareness he and three friends took a month to make the trip. The fourth trip across the country took place in 2013 with his son, Dylan and a few other skateboarding devotees. “Skateboarding Across America to End Alzheimer’s” was to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s which Smith’s father had passed away from that May. Smith took yet another trip across America in the summer of 2018, this time going solo. Smith was riding an Inboard Technology electric skateboard and the journey from Mountain Home, Idaho to Washington DC, all 2394 miles of it took 45 days. Smith still skates today and, with his wife, currently runs the Morro Bay Skate Museum in Morro Bay, California.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2018
user
Smith, Jack
ID Number
2018.0237.03
accession number
2018.0237
catalog number
2018.0237.03

Color photograph of the first Woman's Flat Track Derby World Cup, 2011

Color photograph of the first Woman's Flat Track Derby World Cup winning team, 2011 taken by Andreanna Seymore the official photographer for USA Roller Derby at the First World Cup in Toronto, Canada, 2011.
Description (Brief)
Color photograph of the first Woman's Flat Track Derby World Cup winning team, 2011 taken by Andreanna Seymore the official photographer for USA Roller Derby at the First World Cup in Toronto, Canada, 2011. Seymore is a freelance photographer who joined the Hellions of Troy in 2008 and became a member of the close knit, roller derby community.
Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions name. In 2002, the Texas Rollergirls were formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. The flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, print programs and putting any money earned back into the organization.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2011
ID Number
2016.3110.07
nonaccession number
2016.3110
catalog number
2016.3110.07

Poster from the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Parade held in Washington, DC on June 12, 2018

Poster given to fans attending the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Parade held in Washington, DC on June 12, 2018.
Description (Brief)
Poster given to fans attending the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Parade held in Washington, DC on June 12, 2018. The Washington Capitals were founded in 1974 as an expansion team and are a member of the Metropolitan Division of the eastern Conference in the National Hockey League. They played at the Capitals Center in Landover, Maryland until 1997 when they made the move to the Verizon Center located in the heart of Washington, DC. Ted Leonsis bought the team in 1999, drafted high profile players and began winning. Since 2009 the Capitals have won eleven division titles, three President’s trophies and in 2018, finally won the elusive Stanley Cup Championship.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2018
depicted
Washington Capitals
ID Number
2018.3064.03
nonaccession number
2018.3064
catalog number
2018.3064.03

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls"

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication.
Description (Brief)
Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication. Whitehead began skateboarding at age 15 and had turned pro by the time she was 17, something girls were not doing in the mid-1970s. She became one of the only girls skating both pool and half pipe and is the only girl ever to be featured in a two page article with a photo spread in the center of a skateboarding magazine. Whitehead retired from skateboarding at 22 but still skates and has remained in the sports arena as a sport stylist, an occupation she created.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2017
2016
ID Number
2017.0044.02.59
accession number
2017.0044
catalog number
2017.0044.02.59

Skate deck used by transgender skater, Cher Strauberry

Skateboard is maple wood laminate and was used by transgender skater, Cher Strauberry is one of two pieces. This piece is the larger of the two pieces and there is a rough edge with exposed wood where the board was cracked in half while Strauberry was performing a trick.
Description (Brief)
Skateboard is maple wood laminate and was used by transgender skater, Cher Strauberry is one of two pieces. This piece is the larger of the two pieces and there is a rough edge with exposed wood where the board was cracked in half while Strauberry was performing a trick. Strauberry is a transgender skater celebrating her first signature deck made by her friend, Stevil Kinevil. He said he made the board, “to celebrate her as a talented skateboarder, but additionally to recognize and honor the diversity of the community who frequents the parking lot where we first met, and spend time together on a weekly basis.” He relates how “transgender skaters haven’t been a visible component in our community until recently” which he wanted to celebrate through this board.
Strauberry describes the board she donated to the museum, “This was the first cher skateboard I ever set up, I went out filming with my friends from unity skateboards, we went to the Oakland California city hall building there's a set of stairs right outside the front of the building and I was doing a back side heelflip down them, 6 big steps, I've landed the trick before and also broke my board on that exact trick too! I tried it five times and broke the nose off on the last try, I was filming my best friend Mae after and she broke her ankle on the same stairs, the rest of the day was spent in the ER, her with her broken foot and me holding what was left of the first Cher board.”
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2018
ID Number
2019.0038.01.2
accession number
2019.0038
catalog number
2019.0038.01.2

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls"

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication.
Description (Brief)
Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication. Whitehead began skateboarding at age 15 and had turned pro by the time she was 17, something girls were not doing in the mid-1970s. She became one of the only girls skating both pool and half pipe and is the only girl ever to be featured in a two page article with a photo spread in the center of a skateboarding magazine. Whitehead retired from skateboarding at 22 but still skates and has remained in the sports arena as a sport stylist, an occupation she created.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2017
2016
ID Number
2017.0044.02.27
accession number
2017.0044
catalog number
2017.0044.02.27

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls"

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication.
Description (Brief)
Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication. Whitehead began skateboarding at age 15 and had turned pro by the time she was 17, something girls were not doing in the mid-1970s. She became one of the only girls skating both pool and half pipe and is the only girl ever to be featured in a two page article with a photo spread in the center of a skateboarding magazine. Whitehead retired from skateboarding at 22 but still skates and has remained in the sports arena as a sport stylist, an occupation she created.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2017
2016
ID Number
2017.0044.02.64
accession number
2017.0044
catalog number
2017.0044.02.64

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls"

Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication.
Description (Brief)
Proof page for the book "It's Not About Pretty - A Book About Radical Skater Girls" written by Cindy Whitehead and Ian Logan that includes author, photographer and editors notations before final publication. Whitehead began skateboarding at age 15 and had turned pro by the time she was 17, something girls were not doing in the mid-1970s. She became one of the only girls skating both pool and half pipe and is the only girl ever to be featured in a two page article with a photo spread in the center of a skateboarding magazine. Whitehead retired from skateboarding at 22 but still skates and has remained in the sports arena as a sport stylist, an occupation she created.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2017
2016
ID Number
2017.0044.02.31
accession number
2017.0044
catalog number
2017.0044.02.31

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