Punching Bag Platform
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Platform (General)
Creators
Creator Notes
Design patented by Charles B. Whitney on March 11, 1902.
Victor Sporting Goods was founded by Charles Whitney and Elroy L. Rogers in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1898. [https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2012/07/09/take-me-out-to-the-ballgame-and-then-to-court/]
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.0.34.1335
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Wood (Plant material)
Color
Black (Color)
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 29 in
Width: 38 in
Length: 11 in
Inscriptions
on metal bracket:
VICTOR / PAT. MAR. 11 1902.
stamped on wooden platform:
TWENTIETH CENTURY / VICTOR / SPORTING GOODS CO / Patented March 11, 1902
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