Boot and Shoe in Karpovich Experiment (1956)

Item Information

Title:
Boot and Shoe in Karpovich Experiment (1956)
Description:
This photograph shows a clear boot and clear shoe Peter Karpovich used to measure the angle of joints in feet in experiments. The boot and shoe were made by Field and Flint & Company of Brockton, Massachusetts (today known as Footjoy) in 1956. The boot and shoe are made out of clear heavy plastic. They are untied in the photograph.
Date:
[1956?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Peter V. Karpovich Papers
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Springfield College--Faculty
Karpovich, Peter V.
Field and Flint & Company
Boots
Experiments
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/19334
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States for an opportunity to conduct research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled at the college as a special advanced student and earned a master’s degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation. From 1961 to 1969, he served as the director of the physiology research laboratory at Springfield College, where he published several seminal books. Karpovich was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a consultant to many government, private and educational organizations. He was and remains an internationally recognized pioneer in physical education. This clear boot & shoe was designed in 1956 by Peter V. Karpovich for use in experiments funded by the United States Army that investigated physiological and kinesiological methods for testing footgear. His research centered on experiments investigating the physiological and kinesiological aspects of footwear and how they can be improved for comfort.
This is a photograph of two separate physical items taken together. The photograph exists only as a digital file and not as a physical print. It does not have a physical location within the collection. The name was chosen to point to the boot, which was the first of the items in the physical collection; The original items that make up the photograph are named as digital items ms501-02-04-15-001 (Boot) & ms501-02-04-16-001 (Shoe), and physically/intellectually arranged in folder 15 and 16 in box four and series 2 in the collection;
Identifier:
ms501-02-04-15
karpovich boot and shoe 1