Socks worn by a Member of the Raybestos Brakettes Softball Team, 1959
date: label: date made
content: 1959
name: label: associated institution
content: Raybestos Brakettes
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: White cotton socks worn as part of a uniform by a member of the Raybestos Brakettes softball team in 1959. 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.
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1983.0295.02
label: accession number
content: 1983.0295
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0295.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: socks, softball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 4 in; 55.88 cm x 10.16 cm