Shirt worn by the Harlem Globetrotters: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A red and blue Harlem Globetrotters shooting shirt. The front of shirt features a zipper running vertically down from the neck to the top of the chest. The waist and sleeves have elastic featuring blue, yellow, red, and white stripes. Yellow and red type on back of shirt reads: [ORIGINAL / HARLEM / GLOBETROTTERS]. A white tag with red and black type on inside of shirt's collar reads: [Wilson / SPORTS EQUIPMENT / MADE IN U.S.A. / WILSON / SPORTING GOODS CO. / 44].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1960s
• Manufactured by: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
• Subject of: Harlem Globetrotters, American, founded 1926
• Type: shirts
• Type: sports uniforms
• Medium: cloth , metal
• Dimensions: On form: 25 1/2 × 23 × 10 in. (64.8 × 58.4 × 25.4 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Basketball
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.120.7
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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