Plimpton roller skate
Plimpton roller skate
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- Description (Brief)
- Plimpton roller skate with a wooden foot plate, 2 leather buckle straps at the toe and a leather heel support with brass plate. There are four wooden wheels held onto the bottom of the skate with metal brackets.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Skate, Roller
- roller skate
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in x 3 in x 6 in; 25.4 cm x 7.62 cm x 15.24 cm
- ID Number
- CL.64.1042
- accession number
- 270696
- catalog number
- 64.1042
- Credit Line
- from Miss Elizabeth W. Plimpton
- subject
- Sports
- Roller Skating
- recreational
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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