Wright & Ditson Baseball Uniform
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
name: label: maker
content: Wright & Ditson
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Blue-gray wool, men's athletic uniform. The pants are padded with a drawstring waist, button fly and are knee length. These padded pants became popular in the 1880s before sliding pads came into fashion. The shirt has a lace up front and the lace is missing, c 1900.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The history of Wright & Ditson is woven into the early fabric of American sports, from the first Official Ball of the U.S. Davis Cup to the publication of Wright & Ditson's Guide to American Golf (as approved by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in 1899). Founded in 1871 by Baseball Hall of Famer George Wright and Boston businessman Henry Ditson, the company began as a purveyor of tennis, golf, and baseball equipment. The company was known for its precision craftsmanship – from tennis rackets to golf clubs – and by the turn of the century, baseball equipment.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: purchased
content: United States: New Hampshire, Acworth
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: sport
content: Baseball
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: 1987.0398.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0398
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0398.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: uniform, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: pants overall: 31 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in; 80.01 cm x 41.91 cm
label: Measurements
content: shirt overall: 32 in x 38 in; 81.28 cm x 96.52 cm