Hand made poster from the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Parade
date: label: date made
content: 2018
name: label: user
content: Blonkowski, Thomas S.
label: user
content: Svajlenka, Nicole P.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Hand made posters made by the donors, Tom Blonkowski and Nicole Svajlenka for use at the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Parade held in Washington, DC on June 12, 2018. One of two posters held together by a red and white striped string. The poster is made from white foam core and has magazine cut outs of Braden Holtby's game winning save during Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals with the words "HOLD [/] IT [/] HERE" printed in red. The reverse depicts a magazine cut out of the team right after winning the series with "SHOTS VODKA" printed in red. According to the donors, "'Hold It Here' includes a drawing and a photo of Braden Holtby making "The Save," an incredible stop against the Golden Knights in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals. "Hold it here" is often said by NBC Sports Washington commentator (and former Cap) Craig Laughlin when reviewing intermission footage. 'Shots Vodka' includes a photo of the Caps players and coaches the moment after time elapsed and they became Stanley Cup Champions! The reference of the ensuing celebration with "shots vodka" is to a video of a young Alexander Ovechkin. In the March 2009 he starred in a commercial for the Eastern Motors, a local used car seller famous for having DC sports stars sing their jingle. In Ovi's rendition, he asked for 'shots vodka.'"
label: Description (Brief)
content: Curators often attend events in order to collect objects that pertain to a particular event. In this case, fan paraphernalia was collected from the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Parade celebration in 2019 to document the whole sports experience. Fan objects can tell quite a story about the fan, the team, the sport and what’s happening in society at a particular time. It also speaks to what the user or maker of that object was feeling at the time. Why did they carry that particular object on that particular day. These posters conveyed the messages of these two fans in pictures and phrases that meant something special to each other as they watched the games together. Looking at them without the donor's context and explanation their meaning is lost but that is what makes each fan creation so unique and special.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Washington Capitals were founded in 1974 as an expansion team and are a member of the Metropolitan Division of the eastern Conference in the National Hockey League. They played at the Capitals Center in Landover, Maryland until 1997 when they made the move to the Verizon Center located in the heart of Washington, DC. Ted Leonsis bought the team in 1999, drafted high profile players and began winning. Since 2009 the Capitals have won eleven division titles, three President’s trophies and in 2018, finally won the elusive Stanley Cup Championship.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Ice Hockey
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Parades
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.3066.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2018.3066
label: catalog number
content: 2018.3066.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster, ice hockey
label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foam core (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 11 in x 1/4 in; 36.83 cm x 27.94 cm x .635 cm