Skate, Ice
Dartmouth Heritage Museum
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| Object Name: | Skate, Ice |
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| Category: | Sports Equipment |
| Material: | leather, cotton, steel |
| Accession Number: | WC2011.014.001a&b |
| Other Geographical Data: | [51.165691,10.451526]; [51.5855735,-0.61607530000003;51.5073509,-0.12775829999998] |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1930-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1949-12-31 |
| Description: | Two black leather lace up "Polar Pollux" mens figure skates with metal blades. The metal blades have figure skating picks at the front end. The word "Richards" is etched into the sole of the right skate. Bottom of blades marked as "Foreign", sole of boots are stamped with "1050 VIII" Boots have stamped along the top of inner boot "Made Specially for Milward & Sons Ltd." |
| History of Use: | Skates belonged to donor's father, Tony Richards, who skated on the River Thames. They were given to donor because she had moved to Dartmouth and there are so many lakes in the area. |
| Height: | 23 cm |
| Length: | 33.5 cm |
| Width: | 9.5 cm |
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| Institution City: | Dartmouth |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |