Socks worn by Kathy Arendsen of the Raybestos Brakettes Softball Team, 1980
date: label: date made
content: 1980
name: label: associated institution
content: Raybestos Brakettes
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: White nylon and cotton socks worn as part of a uniform by Kathy Arendsen of the Raybestos Brakettes softball team in 1980. The Raybestos Girl All-Stars fast pitch softball team was formed in the summer of 1947 and as of 2013 had played 4,045 games, with 3,662 victories, 3 World Championships, 28 National A.S.A. Championships, 22 National Hall of Fame members, and 12 Olympians. The Brakettes, as they are referred to, is recognized as one of the greatest organized women’s sports franchise of all time. Kathy Arendsen played with the Brakettes from 1978-1992 and is a member of the ASA Softball Hall of Fame and the International Softball Federation Hall of Fame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Softball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Women
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Raybestos Brakettes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0295.06
label: accession number
content: 1983.0295
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0295.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: socks, softball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/4 in x 4 in; 53.975 cm x 10.16 cm