Patch commemorating Lockland Wayne 1952 state champion basketball team: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A letterman patch in the shape of the letter 'W' commemorating the Lockland Wayne High School 1952 Class B State Champion basketball team. Patch is gold yarn on blue felt backing and features [State Champs '52] stitched in blue across the center. Above is is a basketball, and at top left is three half-chevrons.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1952
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Lockland Wayne High School, American
• Type: patches (costume accessories)
• Medium: chenille , felt
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (21 × 21 cm)
• Place depicted: Lockland, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Basketball
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: Youth
• Object number: 2016.140.3.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lockland Wayne Alumni Association, Robert Johnson, President, Franklin Seay, Vice President
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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