Object Details
- MacGregor
- Description (Brief)
- Red and orange leather football helmet with earholes and a chinstrap that snaps in place. This is a MacGregor H612 model helmet and is size 7 1/2. This style of helmet is known as an "Iron Cross" helmet due to the intersecting stripes on the top of the crown and was popular with college and university football teams.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- E. Michael Swanton
- ca 1946
- 1955
- ID Number
- 1977.1114.01
- accession number
- 1977.1114
- catalog number
- 1977.1114.01
- Object Name
- Helmet
- helmet, football
- face mask, football
- football helmet
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- metal (snap material)
- rubber (snap material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in x 29 in; 25.4 cm x 73.66 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- Football
- level of sport
- collegiate
- Record ID
- nmah_665826
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-dd66-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
