Baseball dress worn by Joyce Westerman of the Peoria Redwings of the All American Girls Baseball League
date: label: Date made
content: 1946-1951
label: Date made
content: 1947-1951
name: label: user
content: Westerman, Joyce Hill
label: designer
content: Wrigley, Helen Atwater
label: designer
content: Shepard, Otis
label: designer
content: Harnett, Ann
label: maker
content: King Sportwear Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Beige baseball uniform dress worn by Joyce Hill Westerman #34, while playing for the Peoria Redwings. The uniform was designed for the All American Girls Baseball League by Mrs. Phillip Wrigley (wife of the owner of the Chicago Cubs), Otis Shepard (Wrigley's art director), and Ann Harnett (Chicago softball star and the first player to sign a contract with the League). The style was based on the athletic clothing of women figure skaters and tennis players of the 1940s. The Peoria Redwings AAGBBL team was an expansion team first playing in 1946. The team folded after the 1951 season, never having won a championship.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: All American Girls Baseball League
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Sports
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: 2006.0175.06
label: accession number
content: 2006.0175
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0175.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress
label: Object Name
content: baseball dress
label: Object Name
content: dress, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 84 cm x 70 cm x 1.5 cm; 33 1/16 in x 27 9/16 in x 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, mounted: 34 in x 24 in x 16 in; 86.36 cm x 60.96 cm x 40.64 cm