Ski, Doll
- Title:
- Pair Wood Skis with Felt Boots
- Object Name:
- Ski, Doll
- Object ID:
- 1999.040.091 a-b
- Creator:
- Annalee Mobilitee Dolls, Inc.
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Meredith, NH
- Date:
- circa 1936
- Description:
- Pair of Wood Skis with Felt Boots, c.1936. Skis scored down the center bottom and at the tip. Tips bent upwards (tip broken off on one ski). Signed at tips: "Annalee". Boots made of brown felt, and have remnants of white laces which have disintegrated. Boots stitched to cardboard soles, which are glued to skis.
.A Ski. 10.4" long, 0.6" wide.
.B Ski. 9.6" long, 0.6" wide. (broken at tip end)
(Paper label with skis reads, "ONE OF THE / FIRST PR. OF / SKIS & BOOTS / 1936 / HOW COULD THE / LEAGUE OF ARTS / & CRAFTS EVER / HAVE ACCEPTED / THESE IS BEYOND / ME! / TO SELL", with a numbered tag "S120", 6.5" x 3"). - Material:
- Wood
Textile
Felt
Cardboard - Credit Line:
- Gift of Annalee Davis Thorndike
- People:
- Thorndike, Annalee (1915-2002)
- Subjects:
- Abandoned mines, Ski, Skiing
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