Blue polo shirt for Wellington Webb for Mayor of Denver: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Blue polo shirt, size XXL, promoting Wellington Webb for Mayor of Denver. In the upper left corner of the torso is white text with the printing manufacturer logo below [Win / With / Webb]. Shirt has collar and is fastened in the front with two (2) buttons. Shirt's short sleeves are capped with narrow, stiff, cuffs. Within the shirt on the PR side is a small white clothing tag with black text [CUT# 22966/STYLE# 9101/LOT# G607-038]. Clothing tag also at the back of the neck inside the collar. Tag is white with gray stitched text [CRYSTAL/SPRINGS/TM/XXL/MADE IN U.S.A.]. At the top of the letter "L" in "Crystal" is a red star. On the reverse of the tag is additional, stitched gray text with the care instructions.

Inside of shirt, tag sewn into seam on PR side of shirt near bottom

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1995
• Manufactured by: Crystal Springs, American
• Printed by: Powell Brothers Color Graphix LLC, American
• Subject of: Wellington E. Webb, born 1941
• Type: polo shirts
• Medium: cotton, polyester, ink
• Dimensions: H x W: 28 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (72.4 x 51.4 cm)
• Place used: Denver, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2014.46.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Honorable Wellington E. Webb and Wilma J. Webb
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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