Punching Bag Platform

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Platform (General)

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
Punching Bag Platform