UNIFORM, SPORT
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BASEBALL SHIRT
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1998
- Materials
- POLYESTER
- Catalogue Number
- P19970073018
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BASEBALL SHIRT
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1998
- Materials
- POLYESTER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 56.8
- Width
- 66
- Description
- WHITE POLYESTER/NYLON SHORT-SLEEVED SHIRT WITH BLUE VERTICAL PINSTRIPES. LIGHT BLUE LETTER "N" STITCHED TO LEFT FRONT CHEST AREA. BADGE SEWN TO RIGHT SLEEVE, EMBROIDERED WITH "MEMORIAM EORUM RETINEBIMUS LEGION" WITH MAPLE LEAF AND CROWN. BACK OF SHIRT HAS LIGHT BLUE NUMBERS "1 5" STITCHED AT CENTRE. TAG INSIDE COLLAR READING "PRIDE ATHLETIC UNIFORMS LARGE A MEDALIST COMPANY FOND DU LAC, WI. 54935"; WASHING INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR
- Historical Association
- SPORTS
- ASSOCIATIONS
- History
- FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE CANADIAN LEGION INITIATED A CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. SPORTS INCLUDING HOCKEY, BASEBALL, AND SOCCER, BECAME THE LARGEST AREA OF SPONSORSHIP, FUNDED THROUGH REVENUE FROM THE POPPY CAMPAIGN. WHILE STILL SERVING ITS OWN MEMBERS, THE GENERAL STEWART BRANCH OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION NOW SUPPORTS A NUMBER OF AMATEUR SPORTS PROGRAMS IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY. DONATED TO MUSEUM BY CANADIAN LEGION; PRIOR USE/HISTORY UNKNOWN. SEE P19970073019-20-GA FOR RELATED PIECES AND P19970073001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970073018
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-08
- Collection
- Museum
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