Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2002.10.005
Accession#:
2002.10
Credit Line:
Donated by LeRoy West Jr.
Object Name:
Wheel
Title:
1951 Gold Painted Soap Box Derby Wheel
Date:
8/12/1951 0:00:00
Description:
Gold—painted rubber wheel with silver—colored metal center, held with three screws and nuts. Center of silvery hub engraved with "WELCOME TO AKRON DERBY CHAMPS 1951". Embossed in rubber: "SUPER CHIEF" and "THE MOHAWK RUBBER CO AKRON OH". Opposite side engraved on hub: "FRANK J. STOLITZKA & SON AKRON, OHIO / METAL SPINNERS". Wheel looks like small tire and is commemorative — not wheel of type used on derby cars.
Notes:
LeRoy West, Jr. raced Soap Box Derby. See doc file.
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