Texas Rangers baseball uniform jersey worn by Charley Pride: Museum Object and Cultural History
Texas Rangers baseball uniform jersey worn by Charley Pride: Date: 1979. Manufactured by: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914. Worn by: Charley Pride, American, 1934 - 2020.
The object in the museum catalogue
Jersey from a Texas Rangers baseball uniform worn by Charley Pride. The jersey is made from a white synthetic knit fabric with red, white, and blue striped woven knit fabric around the end of the sleeves and the neck opening. The shirt has short sleeves and a crew neck with a slit in the front that closes with two (2) round pearlized plastic buttons. The word "Rangers" in red patch letters with blue shadows is embroidered across the front chest of the jersey. A shield-shaped embroidered patch is sewn on the proper left sleeve. The patch has a design of a shield in blue, red, and white, with the state of Texas on the shield containing one red star and the word "RANGERS" along the top of the patch. Red patch letters with blue shadows reading "PRIDE / 50" are embroidered across the back shoulders of the jersey. A Wilson brand label is sewn at the interior center back neck that also contains size and care information. To the proper right of the manufacturer's tag is a white fabric label with blue hand-embroidered text that reads "79 1".
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1979
- Manufactured by: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
- Worn by: Charley Pride, American, 1934 - 2020
- Subject of: Texas Rangers, American, founded 1961
- Type: jerseys
- Type: sports uniforms
- Medium: synthetic fiber with plastic buttons
- Dimensions: H x W (jersey): 31 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (80 x 81.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (pants): 33 x 20 in. (83.8 x 50.8 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Athletes
- Topic: Baseball
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Sports
- Object number: 2012.125.46.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charley Pride
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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