T-shirt, America<sup>3</sup> America's Cup Yacht Racing Team, 1995
notes: label: Description
content: In 1992, American businessman Bill Koch funded the yacht <i>America<sup>3</sup></i>, which beat the Italian challenger to win the America's Cup yacht race. In 1995, he put together an all-female America's Cup racing team aboard a new purpose-built yacht named <i>Mighty Mary</i>. They narrowly lost to famous yachtsman Dennis Connor, who went on to lose the America's Cup to New Zealand in five straight losses.
label: Description
content: This t-shirt began with the famous World War II Rosie the Riveter image and altered it with the collar button "A<sup>3</sup>" and logo along the bottom edge. The donor was a foredeck crewmember for the <i>Mighty Mary</i> campaign.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Merritt T. Carey, Tennants Harbor, Maine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0208.01
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0208.01
label: accession number
content: 1995.0208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: t-shirt
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 cm x 86 cm; 28 11/32 in x 33 27/32 in