Track and field warm-up suit worn by Isabelle Daniels
date: label: Date
content: 1956
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
label: Worn by
content: Isabelle Daniels, American, 1937 - 2017
label: Subject of
content: United States Olympic Committee, American, founded 1894
notes: label: Caption
content: U.S. Track and field Olympian Isabelle Daniels wore this warm-up at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics where she won the Bronze Medal in the 4 x 100 relay with her teammates Wilma Rudolph, Mae Faggs, and Margaret Matthews.
label: Description
content: Track and field warm-up suit worn by Isabelle Daniels.
label: Description
content: The quarter-zip sweatshirt (2023.96.6a) is navy blue. It has a cutaway collar, which has wider collar points that are angled outwards instead of pointing down. There is a golden colored metal zipper which stars at the center of the collar and extends down several inches. The letters [U.S.A.] are sewn across the chest and are red with white outlines. The zipper goes through the letter [S]. There are straight, no flap pockets on either side of the jacket below the lettering. Thick red bands are around the bottom of the jacket and the bottom of each sleeve. Each band has two thinner white stripes going around them. There is a white, red, and black manufacturer’s label inside the jacket at the back of the neckline. It reads [Wilson / SPORTS EQUIPMENT / MADE IN U.S.A. / WILSON / SPORTING GOODS CO. / 34B +1” +1”]. The back of the jacket is blank.
label: Description
content: The sweatpants (2023.96.6b) are navy blue with a ruched elastic waistband. There is a white and red stripe going down the side of each pant leg. A gold-colored metal zipper on each pant leg runs from the knee to the bottom of each pant leg. There is a white, red, and black manufacturer’s label inside the pants at the back of the waistband. It reads [Wilson / SPORTS EQUIPMENT / MADE IN U.S.A. / WILSON / SPORTING GOODS CO.]. A white label on the proper right side of the manufacturer’s label has a black [26] on it.
place: label: Place used
content: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Olympics
label: Topic
content: Track and field
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
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: 2023.96.6ab
objectType: label: Type
content: jackets
label: Type
content: sweat pants
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © International Olympic Committee
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton, metal, elastic, ink, and thread
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (a. jacket): 22 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. (57.8 × 41.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (b. sweatpants): 31 1/2 × 16 in. (80 × 40.6 cm)