- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Eastern Colored League (ECL), American, 1923 - 1928
- Date
- 1923-1928
- Medium
- wool, felt, synthetic fiber, and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W (width- shoulder to shoulder): 24 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. (62.9 × 41.9 cm)
- Description
- An Eastern Colored League wool sweater.
- A black sweater with the letters ECL sewn in gold felt and positioned vertically and overlapping on the proper left side. There are six (6) black buttons going down the proper left center of the shirt. There is a small waist pocket on either side of the sweater, at the third button from the bottom. At the bottom of the sweater and each sleeve is a black cuff.
- There is a tan manufacturer's label inside the sweater at the back of the neck. It has black text sewn onto it. There is a black rectangular border. There is a circle logo in the middle, splitting up the text. It is a circle with a black shape in the middle. The text reads [THE / SIGN / OF / QUALITY] and the black shape reads [M & H]. The text inside the rectangle reads [Sportsmen's Outfitters / FISHING TACKLE EXPERTS / 430 Market St. Philadelphia].
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Clothing - Sports Uniforms
- Type
- sweaters
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.92.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.