Olympic warm-up jacket worn by Marilyn White
date: label: Date
content: 1964
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
label: Worn by
content: Marilyn Elaine White, American, born 1944
notes: label: Description
content: An Olympic warm-up jacket made by Wilson Sports Equipment and worn by Marilyn White at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The jacket is mostly blue with a red and white stripe at the waist and around each arm cuff. The jacket has a collar and a zipper that runs the length of the middle of the jacket. White and red lettering that reads: [USA] runs across the chest. The [S] is split in half by the zipper. There is a pocket with a metal zipper that has a medium size chain on the left side of the front of the jacket. A tag on the interior collar is white with red and blue lettering that reads: [Wilson / Sports Equipment / Made in U.S.A / Wilson Sporting Goods Co. / Medium]. The back of the jacket is blank.
place: label: Place used
content: Tokyo, Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Olympics
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Track and field
setName: label: See more items in
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 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist Marilyn E. White
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.56.7.1
objectType: label: Type
content: jackets
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: synthetic fiber with metal and cotton (fiber)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 20 × 49 3/4 in. (50.8 × 126.4 cm)