Stirrup 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: Red nylon stirrup socks with three white horizontal stripes. 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: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Softball
label: web subject
content: Women
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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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: 1983.0295.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0295.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0295
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stirrup socks, softball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 15 in; 9.525 cm x 38.1 cm