Warm up jacket worn by Jerry Armstrong for Texas Western
Object Details
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
- Date
- 1965-1966
- Object number
- 2014.89.2
- Description
- A white basketball warm up jacket with orange details worn by Jerry Armstrong for the Texas Western College Miners basketball team. The jacket has short sleeves and fastens up the center-front with metal snaps. There are orange double stripe accents around each cuff and the lapel. The type on the front of the jacket reads: [TEXAS / WESTERN] in orange letters. The upper back of the jacket has a rectangular padded section with six metal snaps.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Worn by
- Jerry Armstrong, American
- Subject of
- University of Texas at El Paso, American, founded 1914
- Topic
- African American
- Athletes
- Basketball
- Clothing and dress
- Education
- Sports
- Place depicted
- Texas Western College, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Medium
- cloth, metal
- Dimensions
- Overall: 30 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (77.5 × 57.2 × 26.7 cm)
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Type
- jackets
- sports uniforms
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.89.2
Warm up jacket worn by Jerry Armstrong for Texas Western
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