Nash 'Sidewalk Surfboard' Skate Deck

Description (Brief):

Nash Sidewalk Surfboard is made of solid wood with a natural wood color and a blue shark logo across top of board. The "Shark" brand logo is at the bottom of the surfboard shaped board. This typifies early skateboard production and design of the surfboard shape, solid hardwood body, graphics on the top, and single-action trucks.

Date Made: 1963

Location: Currently not on view

Web Subject: Sports

Subject:

See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2019.0133.03Accession Number: 2019.0133Catalog Number: 2019.0133.03

Object Name: skate deckskatedeck

Physical Description: wood (overall material)Measurements: overall: 23 13/32 in x 5 19/32 in x 2 13/32 in; 59.436 cm x 14.224 cm x 6.096 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-f29b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1936545

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