Texas Rangers baseball uniform jersey worn by Charley Pride
date: label: Date
content: 1979
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
label: Worn by
content: Charley Pride, American, 1934 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Texas Rangers, American, founded 1961
notes: label: Description
content: Jersey from a Texas Rangers baseball uniform worn by Charley Pride. The jersey is made from a white synthetic knit fabric with red, white, and blue striped woven knit fabric around the end of the sleeves and the neck opening. The shirt has short sleeves and a crew neck with a slit in the front that closes with two (2) round pearlized plastic buttons. The word "Rangers" in red patch letters with blue shadows is embroidered across the front chest of the jersey. A shield-shaped embroidered patch is sewn on the proper left sleeve. The patch has a design of a shield in blue, red, and white, with the state of Texas on the shield containing one red star and the word "RANGERS" along the top of the patch. Red patch letters with blue shadows reading "PRIDE / 50" are embroidered across the back shoulders of the jersey. A Wilson brand label is sewn at the interior center back neck that also contains size and care information. To the proper right of the manufacturer's tag is a white fabric label with blue hand-embroidered text that reads "79 1".
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Baseball
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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 Charley Pride
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.125.46.1
objectType: label: Type
content: jerseys
label: Type
content: sports uniforms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: synthetic fiber with plastic buttons
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (jersey): 31 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (80 x 81.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (pants): 33 x 20 in. (83.8 x 50.8 cm)