T-shirt endorsing Wellington Webb for Mayor of Denver: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white t-shirt endorsing Wellington Webb for Mayor of Denver. The shirt has a screen printed sneaker logo printed on the chest in blue. The sneaker is the PR shoe, shown with the laces tied. It reads [WEBB '95] in blue paint. Information about the commissioning body and a printers mark are printed in blue along the toe of the shoe. The manufacturer's tag has been cut out.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1995
• Printed by: Powell Brothers Color Graphix LLC, American
• Commissioned by: Webb for Mayor, Inc., American, founded 1991
• Subject of: Wellington E. Webb, born 1941
• Type: T-shirts
• Medium: ink on cloth
• Dimensions: H x W: 27 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (69.9 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: 2014.46.3
• 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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