USA Olympic patch for the 1960 Summer Games in Rome owned by Dick Howard: Museum Object and Cultural History
USA Olympic patch for the 1960 Summer Games in Rome owned by Dick Howard: Date: 1960. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Dick Howard, American, 1935 - 1967.
The object in the museum catalogue
An athlete patch from the 1960 Olympics in Rome owned by Dick Howard. The patch is for the United States team and is a red bordered shield with a white background. Within the shield is blue stitched letters. Along the top portion of the shield is [USA]. The center of the shield reads [OLYMPIC / GAMES / 1960].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1960
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Dick Howard, American, 1935 - 1967
- Type: badges
- Medium: cloth, thread
- Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (8.3 x 7.3 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Olympics
- Topic: Sports
- Object number: 2012.140.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard Family
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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