Object Details
Basketball Shirt, 1922-1924
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Description (Brief)
White short sleeve, middie style basketball shirt with brown trim at the collar and sleeves. This was part of a basketball uniform worn by the donor's mother, Dorothy Eda Hehnke, while attending high school in Nebraska from 1922-1924. Dorothy was so thin her team nickname was "Slats" and her mother attached suspenders to the bloomers so they would not fall down during games. Girls basketball was outlawed in Nebraska in 1926 and was not reinstated until the 1970s.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Mary Jo Satterthwaite
date made
1922
ID Number
1990.0482.01
catalog number
1990.0482.01
accession number
1990.0482
Object Name
Uniform Shirt
shirt, basketball
Physical Description
fabric, cotton (overall material)
white (overall color)
Measurements
overall: 23 1/2 in x 21 3/4 in; 59.69 cm x 55.245 cm
used
United States: Nebraska, Paxton
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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
Data Source
National Museum of American History
web subject
Sports
name of sport
Basketball
level of sport
High School
web subject
Women
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1067111
Basketball Shorts, 1922-1924
View record for Basketball Shorts, 1922-1924
Description (Brief)
White bloomer style basketball shorts with elastic at the leg openings. This was part of a basketball uniform worn by the donor's mother, Dorothy Eda Hehnke, while attending high school in Nebraska from 1922-1924. Dorothy was so thin her team nickname was "Slats" and her mother attached suspenders to the bloomers so they would not fall down during games. Girls basketball was outlawed in Nebraska in 1926 and was not reinstated until the 1970s.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Mary Jo Satterthwaite
date made
1922
ID Number
1990.0482.02
catalog number
1990.0482.02
accession number
1990.0482
Object Name
shorts, basketball
Physical Description
fabric, cotton (overall material)
white (overall color)
elastic (leg openings material)
Measurements
overall: 26 in x 32 in; 66.04 cm x 81.28 cm
used
United States: Nebraska, Paxton
See more items in
Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
Data Source
National Museum of American History
web subject
Sports
name of sport
Basketball
level of sport
High School
web subject
Women
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1067112
