Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Letterman sweater for Iota Phi Theta Fraternity
ca. 1972
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A brown,gold, and beige knitted pullover letterman sweater for the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity. Deep V-neck front, lined with gold coloring (v-neck so deep it cuts through the bordered coloring). Three horizontal stripes from PL and PR of the V-neck, on front, reaching to the shoulder seams of the sweater (brown on top, gold in middle, brown on bottom). These three lines continue onto the top of the back of the sweater. On the front of the sweater, on the PL chest, there is a brown patch with text stitched on in gold color, reading [D. G. Slick] positioned diagonally pointing up towards the PL shoulder. In the middle of the front, there is a large patch, colored brown and gold depicting the Iota Phi Theta fraternity crest (mainly brown with details in gold).
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Catalog reference: 2014.191.4
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