Uniform shorts worn by Carolyn Jones
date: label: Date
content: 1996-1998
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Reebok International Ltd., British, founded 1895
label: Subject of
content: New England Blizzard, American, 1996 - 1998
label: Worn by
content: Carolyn Jones-Young, American, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: American Basketball League, American, 1996 - 1998
notes: label: Description
content: Pale blue, white, and black shorts. The shorts are mostly white. There is a jagged section of pale blue on the proper right, outlined in black. There is a 2 1/2" elastic waistband- the top half is pale blue and the bottom half is black, each 1 1/4" thick. There is a polar bear logo silkscreened on the proper left leg, outlined in black, and holding an orange and black basketball. There is also a black Reebok logo near the top and a blue and red American Basketball League logo ner the bottom, both made of thread. There is a v-notch on the bottom of the proper left leg.
label: Description
content: The bear logo continues onto the back of the shorts. There is a v-notch vent on the proper right leg. The jagged pale blue pattern outlined in black continues onto the back of the shorts.
label: Description
content: There is a manufacturer's label inside the shorts on the center back waistband, half in navy and half in grey. The blue side on the proper right has the Reebok logo in white. The grey side on the proper left has the words [DESIGNED FOR THE SERIOUS ATHLETE], size [8], and a description about how to wash the jersey and where it was manufactured, all in white. There is a small white tage underneath that says [100% Poly].
label: Description
content: There are also two white drawstrings inside the shorts at the front of the waistband.
place: label: Place used
content: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Basketball
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Women
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: 2014.318.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: athletic shorts
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: polyester with ink and elastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 20 5/8 × 19 3/4 in. (52.4 × 50.2 cm)