Joe Illick 40 Swimming Trophy

Name/Title

Joe Illick "40" Swimming Trophy

Entry/Object ID

Artifact 082

Tags

Swimming

Description

Repurposed trophy composed of silver colored top piece, mounted on a cylindrical brown/white metal/plastic pillar on a marble rectangle that is mounted on a wood base with metal plaque; metal numbers 4 & 0 aremounted on front of column and metal plaque on base; there isa flat blue plastic dolphin glued on front on the top piece. Plaque on base of first trophy reads " 40+ x 40 + Polar Bear - Created by Joe Illick 1998-1999"; Plaque on wooden base has names of each year's winner starting 1998-1990 through 2010-2011 (Joe Illick got the award all years except Pete Perez in 2012-13); Joe told M.Kulla he made this trophy from pieces of old trophies, a plastic dolphin, etc.

Made/Created

Date made

1998 - 2010

Notes

Cataloged by Morgan Kulla 3/12/17

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

DOLPH 21 in marker under base

Notes

DOLPH numbers are used by Swim Commissioners to identify trophies they update; 2019 no longer updated.

Dimensions

Height

23 in

Width

12 in

Depth

9 in

Location

Shelf

Bottom left shelf

Cabinet

Trophy Cabinet

Room

Staib Room

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

Pieces are loose, some falling off; trophy in danger of falling apart

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Polar Bear Swim