Team USA bobsledding suit worn by Vonetta Flowers
date: label: Date
content: 1999-2006
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Ice Beams International
label: Worn by
content: Vonetta Flowers, American, born 1973
notes: label: Description
content: Team USA bobsledding suit worn by Vonetta Flowers.
label: Description
content: The one-piece suit is made of a red and blue shiny material. The hood, body, and legs are blue, and the sleeves are red. There is a blue zipper going down the front of the suit, from the top of the neck down to the waist. The zipper-pull reads [P / A / C] in raised letters. On the proper right side and proper left side of the chest there are white screen printed “verizon” logo with the “z” in red and a red checkmark above the word. On the proper right side under the Verizon logo there is a white rectangle with a blue and yellow “AIT” logo with blue text that reads [WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS]. Each sleeve has the word “verizon” screen printed in white with a white checkmark above it. It is written vertically up the proper right forearm and vertically down the proper left forearm. Each sleeve has the letters [U / S/ A] going down the upper arm above the Verizon logos.
label: Description
content: There is a white manufacturer’s label sewn into the suit on the inside at the back of the neck. It has a blue square outline on it. Inside the square there is a blue logo which reads [ICE BEAMS / INTERNATIONAL] followed by a phone number. The reverse side of the labels has a red handwritten series of numbers at the top. There is blue text which reads [HAND WASH COLD, / NO CHLORINE BLEACH / DRY FLAT], with the same information repeated in French. There is also blue text which reads [NAME: / SIZE:]. There is red handwriting next to “SIZE:” which reads [S]. There is another white label below which has a red, white, and blue American flag and blue text which reads [MADE IN U.S.A.]. On the top of the hood there is a white screen printed “verizon” logo with the “z” in red and a red checkmark above the word. The legs of the suit are solid blue. There is a white screen printed “verizon” logo with the “z” in red and a red checkmark above the word in the proper left thigh. There is a white screen printed “verizon” logo with the “z” in red and a red checkmark above the word on the back of each calf.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Bobsledding
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Sports
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.67.2
objectType: label: Type
content: sports uniforms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on synthetic fiber, plastic, and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 58 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (148.6 × 31.8 cm)