- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Manufactured by
- Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
- Worn by
- Tyus, Wyomia, American, born 1945
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- polyester , cotton (textile) and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 3/16 × 16 1/8 in. (33.5 × 41 cm)
- Description
- A pair of Wilson track shorts, size 24, worn by Wyomia Tyus for the 1968 Mexico XIX Olympics. The shorts are navy blue. The shorts have an elastic waistband and leg holes. They are not lined. A white label is stitched to the interior center back waist band with manufacturer's information, sizing, and laundry instructions stitched in red and black text in different fonts and sizes that reads [Wilson ® / MADE IN THE U.S.A. / WASH IN LUKE WARM / WATER. USE MILD SOAP / DO NOT BLEACH / DRY A LOW TEMPERATURE / 24].
- Place used
- Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Place made
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wyomia Tyus
- Object number
- 2017.52.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.