Messenger bag to be worn at the opening ceremonies at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games
date: label: Date made
content: 2002
name: label: maker
content: Roots
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Dark blue nylon briefcase with black trim, nylon straps and plastic buckles. The interior has a large pocket and places to store pens and pencils. There is a black nylon handle and a long carrying strap with red tags on zippers. Made by the Roots Clothing Company who outfitted the U.S. athletes for the Games, this messenger bag was to be used at the opening ceremonies at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Roots became involved in the Olympic games in 1976 and began outfitting the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic teams in 1998. Roots outfitted the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams in 2002, 2004, and 2006 but sought out an American Company to outfit the team in 2008 for the Beijing games. Although Polo was chosen it was found that the clothes were actually made in China which created a public uproar and Ralph Lauren was chosen for the next Olympic games.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2002 Winter Olympics, also known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Salt Lake City, Utah with 78 countries, 1,513 men and 886 women athletes participating. Security was high as these were the first Games since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A flag from Ground Zero was flown at the opening ceremonies. These games were the most successful Winter Games to date with the 2002 Paralympic Games held in the Salt Lake City venue right after. The American women won the gold in women’s bobsled while American Sara Hughes won gold in figure skating with Michelle Kwan taking the bronze. The United States won the medal count with 34 but Norway won the gold medal count with 13.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Olympics
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: related event
content: Olympic Winter Games: Salt Lake City, 2002
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0215.18
label: accession number
content: 2002.0215
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0215.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: messenger bag
label: Object Name
content: bag, winter olympics
label: Object Name
content: messenger bag, winter olympics
label: Object Name
content: messenger bag, olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45 cm x 58 cm x 5 cm; 17 11/16 in x 22 13/16 in x 1 15/16 in