On View
Sports Gallery
Exhibition
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
Manufactured by
Unidentified
Subject of
Ice Hockey in Harlem, American, founded 1987
Date
after 1987
Medium
thread and plastic
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Caption
Founded in 1987, Ice Hockey in Harlem is a non-profit organization that gives roughly 250 children between the ages of 5 to 18 the opportunity to learn the game of ice hockey and participate in academic enrichment programs free of charge. Most of the program’s participants, who must be residents of Harlem or Upper Manhattan, are black and Hispanic. Ice Hockey in Harlem is one of several programs across the country, including the Fort Dupont program in Washington D.C., the Snider Hockey program in Philadelphia, and the Detroit Ice Dreams, focused on increasing black and minority participation in ice hockey.
Description
Ice Hockey in Harlem embroidered patch.
The circular patch is white with a blue border. There is an embroidered image of a cityscape in black thread with white windows. There is a red, black, and white embroidered image of a hockey player in the center of the cityscape. He has a black face mask, gloves, and skates, with a red and white uniform. His legs are angled towards the proper right side of the patch with a spray of ice at the bottom. He is holding a black hockey stick on the proper left side. There are blue embroidered block letters under the image which read [ICE HOCKEY]. The text below is made out of red thread. It reads [IN] in small, thin text and [Harlem] in a bigger script font. The back of the patch has a clear plastic on it and the reverse of the thread design on the front can be seen.
Place used
Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Type
patches
Topic
Children
Hockey
Recreation
Sports
Urban life
Youth
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ice Hockey in Harlem
Object number
2019.74.2
Restrictions & Rights
© Ice Hockey in Harlem
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d2bed33d-d02e-426b-bc34-ef05d68194c2

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