Object Details
- Description
- Pair of dark blue Asics sneakers. Sneakers are the "Tiger" style with mesh on the toe box. Suede leather heel counters, and vamp. Criss-crossing leather lines on either side of the shoe. Lines have holes for ventilation. Laces are dark gray and are laced completely to the shoes. White and black soles. On the exterior of the shoe tongues is a white tag with blue, stitched text [ASICS/TIGER].
- Date
- 1991
- Manufactured by
- ASICS, Japanese, founded 1949
- Worn by
- Wellington E. Webb, born 1941
- Place used
- Denver, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Politics
- Urban life
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- 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
- Object number
- 2014.46.5ab
- Type
- sneakers
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- mesh, leather, rubber, foam, cloth, plastic
- Dimensions
- 2014.46.5a: 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (13.3 x 10.8 x 32.1 cm)
- 2014.46.5b: 5 3/8 x 4 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (13.7 x 11.7 x 31.8 cm)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.46.5ab
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