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Dartmouth Ski Inc. Childrens Skis

Accession Number

709.2009.1

Object Name

Dartmouth Ski Inc. Childrens Skis

Created

20/01/2009

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

20/01/2009

Brief Description

Pair of children's wooden skis with Kandahar cables attached to bindings. Red painted sole.

Materials

metal, wood

Dimensions

160(l) cms At widest part 8(w)cms

Number Of Objects

1 pair

Inscription Description

On bindings "DARTMOUTH SKI INC" Initials painted on ski read "S DE G"

Colour

brown

Provenance

A guy called Fred Harris in Vermont,USA,seems to have been the nucleus for Dartmouth Skis. By his own account he had "skeeing on the brain" and started producing his own skis around 1910-11.
With various transformations along the way, Fred's "skeeing" ultimately led to The Dartmouth Cooperative Society, supplying ski equipment to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire which seems to have been ski orientated.
The ski equipment department was so successful they decided to form Dartmouth Skis Inc. in 1940-41.
This particular pair of skis ultimately found their way to Scotland (circa 1950) and seem to have been well used by a member of the Scottish Ski Club. Unfortunately, we don't know who.

Acquisition Method

Part of collection passed on from Scottish Ski Club

Acquisition Date

01/12/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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