1968 Olympic warm-up suit jacket worn by Tommie Smith
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
label: Worn by
content: Tommie Smith, American, born 1944
notes: label: Description
content: A warm up tack suit jacket worn by Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
label: Description
content: The jacket is navy blue and has a stand-up, fold-over collar in a rib knit fabric. There is a zipper down the center front of the jacket that can go all the way up the collar.
label: Description
content: There is a 4" thick cuff on each sleeve and a 4" thick band around the bottom of the jacket, all in the same rib knit fabric as the collar. There are two red stripes going around both cuffs and the waistband, and two white stripes going around each of the red stripes.
label: Description
content: On the front of the jacket there is a white piece of rectangular fabric sewn on the upper waist area, 2/3 of it on the proper right and 1/3 on the proper left side. There is black text printed on the fabric. The numbers "30" are on the proper right side of the zipper and the number "7" is on the proper left side of the zipper. The words "JUEGOS DE LA XIX OLYMPIDA" are printed in black under the "30" and the words "MEXICO 68" and the Olympic logo are printed in black under the number "7".
label: Description
content: On the proper left side of the jacket there is a 1" thick 4" long pocket 3" above the waistband. There is a gold metal zipper. The letters "USA" are sewn on in red and white, going diagonally down the proper left upper chest area.
label: Description
content: The same piece of white rectangualr fabric is sewn on the reverse of the jacket in the center of the upper back. The words and numbers are printed with black ink and read "307/JUEGOS DE LA XIX OLYMPIA MEXICO 68" with the Olympic logo.
label: Description
content: There is a white manufacturer's label inside the jacket, below the collar. The words "Wilson/MADE IN U.S.A./M" are in red thread and the machine washing instructions are in black thread. There is another small white label with the letter "M" in black thread.
place: label: Place used
content: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Olympics
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Track and field
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: 2015.231.2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: jackets
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: synthetic fiber, metal, and cotton (fiber)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (on form): 31 1/4 × 20 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (79.4 × 52.1 × 26.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 30 × 19 in. (76.2 × 48.3 cm)