Art Print, Ice Hockey Player Gordie Howe
date: label: date made
content: 1960s
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Howe, Gordie
notes: label: Description
content: Reproduction of a lithograph of hockey player Gordie Howe by George Loh. The image is part of a set made by the Equitable LIfe Assurance Society of the United States.
label: Description
content: Known as <i>Mr. Hockey,</i> Howe entered the National Hockey League in 1946, joining the Detroit Red Wings at the age of 18. Howe finished his career with 23 NHL All-Star nods, leading the league in scoring six times and earning six Hart Memorial trophies as the league's Most Valuable Player.
label: Description
content: In 1971 Howe retired from the Red Wings front office to play for the World Hockey Association's Houston Aeros. In 1977 he was traded to that league's New England Whalers. Howe was able return to the NHL for his final season as the Whalers joined the league in 1979. In 1997, Howe played one shift for the Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League, becoming the only hockey player to play professionally in six different decades (1940s-1990s.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Ice Hockey
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Sule Greg C. Wilson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0165.07.02
label: accession number
content: 1992.0165
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0165.07.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph, ice hockey
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 7 3/4 in; 27.94 cm x 19.685 cm