Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2015.025.006 |
Object Name |
Protector, Body |
Title |
Child-Sized Hockey Player's Arm & Chest Protector |
Date |
1952 |
Artist |
Cooper Weeks (Cooper Canada Ltd.) |
Made |
Cooper Weeks? |
Place of Origin |
Canada |
Description |
A child-sized leather and felt and metal shoulder and chest protector (sporting good item), printed with the "Bob Cameron" brand name on one of the red shoulder pieces. There is a beige woven cloth strap and some lacing. Brown leather is used for the lace-up areas, and black leather in the pieces that connect the chest protector pads to the shoulder pieces. The curved metal pieces for the shoulders each have three rivets. |
Makers mark |
Faintly factory-printed on one of the red pieces, in script-style lettering: "Bob Cameron" |
Provenance |
Factory-made in Canada by Cooper Weeks?, with the "Bob Cameron" trademark used. Purchased new by Jim Petty (James Petty) at Barnard's Hardware store at Holstein, Grey County in 1952 for $4.25. Petty was a Holstein hockey player. |
Collection |
Sporting & Recreational Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Leather/Felt/Metal/Cotton/Thread/Dye/Ink |
Dimensions |
W-51 L-46 D-6 cm |
Found |
Holstein, Township of Southgate, Grey County |
People |
Petty, Jim |
Subjects |
Sporting goods Sports |