Racing jacket worn by Leonard Miller
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1972
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Champion, American, founded 1919
label: Worn by
content: Leonard Miller, American, born 1934
label: Subject of
content: Black American Racers, Inc., founded 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A Leonard Miller dark blue “team manager” Champion Offical Racing Apparel jacket. Collared, padded, long-sleeve jacket with elastic navy blue cuffs. Silver zipper down front with large zipper tab, with fold over fabric on PL side, that buttons on PR side, covering zipper, with silver buttons covered with top painted blue. Three pockets on front: one with square flap covering secured with two buttons on PL chest, and two at bottom, open slits at top, on PL and PR stomach area. Drawstring waist/bottom seam. Sewn with white thread in top PR breast, reads [Len]. Underneath, two patches are sewn, first for Champion company (rectangle, red and black background, with [DEPENDABLE] at the top, [SPARK PLUGS] at the bottom in white thread, with [CHAMPION] in the middle in black thread on white bowtie shape background), and bottom for Goodyear (white elongated rectangle, with blue Goodyear logo). PL sleeve has square pocket with flap and button. Interior is a richer blue in color (discoloration on exterior?). Interior tag (two on top of each other) : (top) triangular in shape, off-white with [OFFICIAL RACING APPARREL] at top in black type, and the same rectangular Champion red and black logo as patch on front of jacket underneath; (bottom) off-white with black type, reads [CUT J 593/FINER CONTENT / 100% NYLON/CL-900.MED./RN 32628/MADE IN U.S.A./Care Instructions/Reverse Side] on the front, and [DRY CLEAN OR/HAND WASH/WARM WATER/ON HIGH/BLEACH, DRY/OR TUMBLE/DRY (illegible) BET./TING. (illegible) on back.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Automobile racing
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Sports
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Sports Uniforms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Leonard W. Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.163.1
objectType: label: Type
content: jackets
label: Type
content: sports uniforms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: nylon, metal, thread, and elastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (On form): 39 1/4 × 29 × 15 in. (99.7 × 73.7 × 38.1 cm)