Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Gray baseball shirt with thin blue stripes and "Hollywood" appliqued in blue across the front. This was worn by Esther Lozoya of the Hollywood Bloomer Girls in 1931. The Hollywood Bloomer Girls were an all-female baseball team playing in the minor leagues against semi-pro men's teams. Lozoya played as a 24 year old although most of the girls on the team were 17 or 18 years old. As a publicity stunt the team went to Universal City and had the Hollywood starlets put on their uniforms.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1931
- user
- Lozoya, Esther Rafsky
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
- used
- United States: California, Los Angeles, Hollywood
- name of sport
- Baseball
- level of sport
- minor league
- web subject
- Women
- Sports
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Credit Line
- Ardyth Bernstein and Esther Rafsky Lozoya
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 1985.0169.02
- accession number
- 1985.0169
- catalog number
- 1985.0169.02
- Object Name
- shirt, baseball
- Physical Description
- plastic (button material)
- fabric, wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 in x 35 in; 76.2 cm x 88.9 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_681359
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