Racing crew jacket worn by Ron Hines
date: label: Date
content: 1974-1975
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Champion, American, founded 1919
label: Worn by
content: Ron Hines, born 1940
label: Owned by
content: Leonard Miller, American, born 1934
label: Subject of
content: Black American Racers, Inc., founded 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A Ron Hines Viceroy/Black American Racers yellow crew jacket. Buttoned collar, long-sleeve jacket with adjustable buttoned cuffs. Blue zipper down front with large zipper tab. Three pockets on front: one with horizontal zipper top, and two side pockets with slit openings on PL and PR hip areas. Four patches on front of jacket: (top PL) Champion Co. patch (rectangle with red and white background with [CHAMPION] in black type on white bow-tie shape); (bottom PL, above pocket) Goodyear patch (yellow rounded edge rectangle, yellow with blue Goodyearh logo); (top PR) Black American Races patch (black circular patch with [BLACK AMERICAN RACERS] in white type, a helmet in gray in center, with red and green triangles at bottom); and (bottom PR) Viceroy patch (red rectangular patch with white border and [VICEROY] in white thread. Another patch on PL upper sleeve (white circular patch with [BLACK AMERICAN RACERS ASSOCIATION] in black type at the top, with a red #12 race car depiction in the center, and three letters in green thread underneath (illegible). On reverse, two loarge patches sewn onto center. Top patch, elongated white rectangle bordered with black thread reading [VICEROY] in black. Bottom patch, elongated yellow rectangle with rounded edges, with Goodyear logo in blue thread. Bottom PL and PR side has adjustable strap, that when buttoned, tightens sides of jacket. No interior tags.
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: 2014.163.3
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
label: Dimensions
content: On form: 31 1/2 × 29 × 17 in. (80 × 73.7 × 43.2 cm)