Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Green swim fins with a hole in the foot area and are contained in the original box. Owen Churchill's address is molded into the bottom of the fin along with the size of the fin and the left or right designation. The original box is white with a blue floral design. Churchill was the first to design and patent the swim fin and his were the only manufactured fins from 1940 to 1947. According to Churchill, they were used by the United States underwater demolition teams of the U.S. Navy and the British Admiralty during World War II.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- inventor
- Churchill, Owen
- Credit Line
- Owen T. Churchill
- Physical Description
- rubber (overall material)
- cardboard (box material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 in x 12 in x 5 in; 50.8 cm x 30.48 cm x 12.7 cm
- Object Name
- swim fins
