Shirt worn by a Member of the Sioux City Ghosts Barnstorming Softball Team
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Purple, short sleeve shirt with two buttons at the collar and a white decal of a ghost on the front. This shirt was worn by a member of the Sioux City Ghosts barnstorming softball team during the 1990s. The Sioux City Ghosts barnstorming softball team began in the 1930s as a means of inexpensive entertainment during the depression. The Ghosts established a record of over 2000 victories and less than 100 losses over a 20 year period. The ghosts were together until 1956. This shirt was worn by a member at a reunion tour in the 1990s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Softball
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: web subject
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Kraig M. Fulton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0022.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0022
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0022.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shirt, softball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72.9 cm x 52.5 cm; 28 11/16 in x 20 11/16 in