- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1123
- Description
- Pair of black leather men’s lace-up figure skates with metal blades. Fabric and leather liner form inner cuff with buckle that threads through opening at side above ankle. Blades stamped: “Stahl. Original Modell. LES ALEXANDER”.
- Title
- Ice Skates
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 8.5 x 33.5 cm
- Description
- Pair of black leather men’s lace-up figure skates with metal blades. Fabric and leather liner form inner cuff with buckle that threads through opening at side above ankle. Blades stamped: “Stahl. Original Modell. LES ALEXANDER”.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1123
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1041 a,b
- Description
- Dark solid wood with embedded metal blade. Big screw sticking up into heel to shoe. (b) 4 small metal pegs (a) 8 pegs sticking up into sole. 3 slots through wooden base at toe, arch and heel for straps to attached to boots. 0.5 cm wide blade, rounded at toe, square at heel.
- Title
- Ice Skates
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 6.2 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- Dark solid wood with embedded metal blade. Big screw sticking up into heel to shoe. (b) 4 small metal pegs (a) 8 pegs sticking up into sole. 3 slots through wooden base at toe, arch and heel for straps to attached to boots. 0.5 cm wide blade, rounded at toe, square at heel.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1041 a,b
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Speed Skate Blade
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1022
- Description
- Single skate blade with shoe attachments, Blade has rounded toe, thicker and flat on bottom. Toe and heel piece bolted on to blade with 2 bolts each. Shaped toe pieces have 4 holes each for attaching to shoe. Stamped on toe piece "London Made".
- Title
- Speed Skate Blade
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 5.8 x 32.4 cm
- Description
- Single skate blade with shoe attachments, Blade has rounded toe, thicker and flat on bottom. Toe and heel piece bolted on to blade with 2 bolts each. Shaped toe pieces have 4 holes each for attaching to shoe. Stamped on toe piece "London Made".
- Credit
- Gift of Ralph Grady, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1022
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