Basketball Shorts, 1922-1924

Object Details

Description (Brief): White bloomer style basketball shorts with elastic at the leg openings. This was part of a basketball uniform worn by the donor's mother, Dorothy Eda Hehnke, while attending high school in Nebraska from 1922-1924. Dorothy was so thin her team nickname was "Slats" and her mother attached suspenders to the bloomers so they would not fall down during games. Girls basketball was outlawed in Nebraska in 1926 and was not reinstated until the 1970s.
Location: Currently not on view

date made: 1922

used: United States: Nebraska, Paxton

web subject: Sports
name of sport: Basketball
level of sport: High School
web subject: Women

See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure

Credit Line: Mary Jo Satterthwaite

Data Source: National Museum of American History

ID Number: 1990.0482.02
catalog number: 1990.0482.02
accession number: 1990.0482

Object Name: shorts, basketball

Physical Description: fabric, cotton (overall material); white (overall color); elastic (leg openings material)
Measurements: overall: 26 in x 32 in; 66.04 cm x 81.28 cm

Record ID: nmah_1067112

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-45f0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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