Skating boot
Hudora
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1919 - circa 1950
Materials
Steel and leather
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire
NT 82657
Summary
A pair of ladies skating boots. Black leather laced boots with steel blade fixed to underside. Marked on blade '(figure of skater) Patented Quality Steel, Made in One Piece', 'Hudora / Fagan / Foreign Make', 'Blade specially tempered and hardened'. Founded in 1919 by Hugo Dornseif and named after him: HUgo DOrnseif, RAdevormwald, the HUDORA company had its breakthrough in 1926, producing the first “ice skate in one piece”.
Makers and roles
Hudora, skate manufacturer