Snowshoe
- Object Name:
- Snowshoe
- Object ID:
- 1992.020 a-b
- Creator:
- Lund, C. A. & Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Laconia, NH
- Date:
- 1944
- Description:
- Snowshoes. Pair of bearpaw type, made for U.S. Army by C. A. Lund & Company, Laconia, NH, 1944. Both shoes identical. Each 28.5" long, 12.75" wide, frame 0.9" thick. Wood (ash) frame with rawhide webbing. Top of front crosspiece stamped "U.S. / C.A. LUND & CO. / LACONIA, N.H." Top of left side stamped "1092 1944". Top of right side stamped "G&W". Leather binding with metal base plate and aluminum attachment. Plate stamped "W.L.P. CO. INC. / BKLYN. N.Y.".
- Material:
- Wood
Ash
Tissue
Leather
Metal
Aluminum - Dimensions:
- W-12.75 L-28.5 D-0.875 inches
- Provenance:
- Made under contract with U.S. Army for use in World War II. C. A. Lund was in NH 1938-1965.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ernest Gould
- Subjects:
- Snowshoes & snowshoeing
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