Embroidered patch for Ice Hockey in Harlem: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The circular patch is white with a blue border. There is an embroidered image of a cityscape in black thread with white windows. There is a red, black, and white embroidered image of a hockey player in the center of the cityscape. He has a black face mask, gloves, and skates, with a red and white uniform. His legs are angled towards the proper right side of the patch with a spray of ice at the bottom. He is holding a black hockey stick on the proper left side. There are blue embroidered block letters under the image which read [ICE HOCKEY]. The text below is made out of red thread. It reads [IN] in small, thin text and [Harlem] in a bigger script font. The back of the patch has a clear plastic on it and the reverse of the thread design on the front can be seen.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1987
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Ice Hockey in Harlem, American, founded 1987
• Type: patches
• Medium: thread and plastic
• Dimensions: Diameter: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
• Place used: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Hockey
• Topic: Recreation
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: Urban life
• Topic: Youth
• Object number: 2019.74.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ice Hockey in Harlem
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Ice Hockey in Harlem Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.