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Purple Atlanta Braves baseball cap owned by Big Boi

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Manufactured by

    New Era Cap Company, founded 1920

    Owned by

    Big Boi, American, born 1975

    Subject of

    Atlanta Braves, American, founded 1871

    Description

    A limited release design New Era Cap Company fitted baseball cap with the Major League Baseball Atlanta Braves logo owned by Big Boi. The cap is purple with a rainbow-colored embroidered "A" at the center front crown, matching the album cover for Big Boi's solo release, "Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors" (2013). The New Era logo is embroidered on the proper left side and the Major League Baseball logo is embroidered on the center back, both in the same colors as the "A". The interior of the crown is lined with a multi-colored shiny fabric, with each seam covered in black woven tape featuring repeating white printed text reading "59FIFTY NE NEW / ERA". There are four (4) tags on the interior center back of the cap. At the far left is a tag with the Major League Baseball logo and the text "GENUINE / MERCHANDISE". At the center is a brand tag reading "NEW / ERA / FLY YOUR OWN FLAG". At the far right is a size "7 1/2" tag. Below the center brand tag is an additional tag with fiber content, care, and manufacturer information. There are two (2) holographic stickers on the brim of the cap. On the top side is a gold and black sticker reading "NEW ERA / 59FIFTY / 7 1/2". On the bottom side is a silver sticker with red marks made to look like a baseball and text reading "OFFICIAL / MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL / LR358006037".

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Antwan Patton

    Date

    2013

    Object number

    2016.121.3

    Restrictions & Rights

    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    baseball caps

    Medium

    polyester, rayon thread, and adhesive on foil

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 5 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (14 × 21.6 × 26.7 cm)

    Place depicted

    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Clothing - Fashion and Historical

    Exhibition

    Musical Crossroads

    On View

    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Baseball
    Clothing and dress
    Fashion
    Hip-hop (Music)
    Musicians
    Sports

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53ebea066-beaf-486d-bd1f-960211a14d51

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2016.121.3

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