Team USA warm-up suit worn by Tommie Smith at 1968 Olympics

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Team USA warm-up suit worn by Tommie Smith at 1968 Olympics

Worn by: Tommie Smith, American, born 1944
Manufactured by: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914

Description: Warm-up track suit worn by Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1968

Object number: 2015.231.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

Type: sweat suits

Dimensions: H x W x D (overall): 64 × 20 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (162.6 × 52.1 × 26.7 cm)

Place used: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, North and Central America

Classification: Clothing-Historical
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW)

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Black power; Civil Rights; Clothing and dress; Olympics; Track and field

Record ID: nmaahc_2015.231.2

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text): CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53effde33-da81-47df-bc19-ee555ed2d37c

Team USA warm-up suit worn by Tommie Smith at 1968 Olympics

Team USA warm-up suit worn by Tommie Smith at 1968 Olympics

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