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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Ice Skates
Object Number
2005-12-6 a,b,c
Description
Pair of wooden ice skates; base of skates are wood, shaped like a human foot; iron blade affixed to bottom of wood base; iron screw protruding from bottom of foot of skate; three rectangular holes cut into side of wooden base where a leather strap could be woven through to more firmly hold foot onto skate; three small nail/screw holes located on base of skate on either side; holes held leather straps in place which buckled foot into skate; separate from skates is one leather strap that would have been fed through rectangular hole; iron buckle at one end - strap broken
Comment
found at Herman Beach house on upper Maple St in Goshen, CT
Category
Date Made
late 19th century
Dimensions
11" long x 3" wide x 2" high
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