Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Shirt worn by the Harlem Globetrotters
1960s
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A red and blue Harlem Globetrotters shooting shirt. The front of shirt features a zipper running vertically down from the neck to the top of the chest. The waist and sleeves have elastic featuring blue, yellow, red, and white stripes. Yellow and red type on back of shirt reads: [ORIGINAL / HARLEM / GLOBETROTTERS]. A white tag with red and black type on inside of shirt's collar reads: [Wilson / SPORTS EQUIPMENT / MADE IN U.S.A. / WILSON / SPORTING GOODS CO. / 44].
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Catalog reference: 2013.120.7
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