Woman's Ice Skate

Dateabout 1992

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height including blade x width x depth of blade): 12 x 4 x 11 1/2in. (30.5 x 10.2 x 29.2cm)

ClassificationsCostume

Credit LineGift of Harrison Jenkins

Object number2004.34.4

DescriptionWoman's brown and dark green ice hockey skate with a white interior. An off-white plastic blade mount is screwed to the bottom of the skate, and the blade is screwed into the bottom of the mount. A tear in the fabric of the skate reveals off-white hard plastic at the toe.

NotesHistorical Note: Jo-Anne Alissi of West Hartford, Connecticut, was a champion ice hockey and lacrosse player at Harvard University. While a student at the Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford, she was voted most valuable player for four years; at Harvard, she was voted MVP twice. (Hudson 7/26/2006)

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