Sports & Leisure

Tennis Racket

The nation's passion for sports is obvious every day—at NASCAR races, kiddie soccer matches, and countless other contests. From a handball used by Abraham Lincoln to Chris Evert's tennis racket to a baseball signed by Jackie Robinson, the roughly 6.000 objects in the Museum's sports collections bear witness to the vital place of sports in the nation's history. Paper sports objects in the collections, such as souvenir programs and baseball cards, number in the hundreds of thousands.

Leisure collections encompass a different range of objects, including camping vehicles and gear, video games, playing cards, sportswear, exercise equipment, and Currier and Ives prints of fishing, hunting, and horseracing. Some 4,000 toys dating from the colonial period to the present are a special strength of the collections.

Date: 2000s

2001 Iditarod poster

This is the official poster for the 2001 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race by the donor, Jon Van Zyle, the official artist of the Iditarod.The Iditarod Sled Dog Race is an extreme sports challenge that tests the skill and endurance of competitors while celebrating Alaska’s sled dog cu
Description (Brief)
This is the official poster for the 2001 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race by the donor, Jon Van Zyle, the official artist of the Iditarod.
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race is an extreme sports challenge that tests the skill and endurance of competitors while celebrating Alaska’s sled dog culture and history. Teams of 12 to 16 dogs, primarily Alaskan Huskies, and their musher experience harsh terrain and weather conditions during the 1,150 mile run from Anchorage to Nome. In its modern iteration as an extreme sport, the Iditarod takes an intense physical toll not only on the human competitors but also on the sled dogs. The race follows a large network of Native trade and travel routes which travelers used when gold was discovered in the isolated town of Iditarod. This discovery led to a “rush” of miners and settlers from across the country, transforming the trail into the region’s main mail and supply route. The area’s harsh winter conditions made sled dog teams the main source of transportation along the Iditarod Trail and it is this rich history which the Iditarod race celebrates today. In 1978 Congress designated the 2300 mile Iditarod Trail as a National Historic Trail recognizing its importance in the shaping of America. Through its beginnings as a regional story, the Iditarod provides us the opportunity to explore the American Experience through the origins of the Iditarod National Historic Trail and the transformation of the Alaskan sled dog culture into an international sport. The Iditarod is now the largest and most prominent sled dog race in the world, attracting international competitors and world-wide media attention.
Jon and Jona Van Zyle are both artists who live outside of Anchorage and have raised sled dogs for many years. Jon has been a supporter of the Iditarod since it beginnings and ran the race in 1976. Jon produced the first official poster for the Iditarod in 1977 which was such a huge success he was voted official artist of the Iditarod in 1979, a position he holds to this day. Jona also contributes her artistic talents to the race by designing logos for the Junior Iditarod and race cachets for the Iditarod and personal cachets for various mushers.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2001
artist
Van Zyle, Jon
ID Number
2014.0116.24
accession number
2014.0116
catalog number
2014.0116.25

Creative Urethanes advertising brochure for urethane products

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2000
ID Number
2021.0049.03.3
accession number
2021.0049
catalog number
2021.0049.03.3

Booklet for the 2003 Special Olympics Golf Committee Meeting belonging to Special Olympian Marty Sheets

Booklet for the 2003 Special Olympics Golf Committee Meeting belonging to Special Olympian Marty Sheets.Marty Sheets was born with Downs Syndrome in 1953 but through Camp Joy, a camp for kids with intellectual disabilities, he found a love of sports.
Description (Brief)
Booklet for the 2003 Special Olympics Golf Committee Meeting belonging to Special Olympian Marty Sheets.
Marty Sheets was born with Downs Syndrome in 1953 but through Camp Joy, a camp for kids with intellectual disabilities, he found a love of sports. Invited to participate in the first International Special Olympic Games in Chicago in 1968, Marty formed a life long bond with founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Over the course of the next 40 years Sheets won over 250 medals while competing in golf, swimming, Alpine skiing, tennis and power lifting. His favorite sport was golf and In 2006, he was the PGA’s national volunteer of the year for his work at the Wyndham Championship in his hometown of Greensboro, N.C. He is also included in the portrait of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and other Special Olympians which now resides in the National Portrait Gallery collections.
From its beginnings as Camp Shriver in Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s backyard, to the first international games in 1968, Special Olympics has been about giving people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to participate in sport. This participation builds confidence, provides emotional support and offers social opportunities for the athletes and their families. With state chapters and a global presence through its World Games, “Special Olympics is the largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities with 5 million athletes in 170 countries worldwide.”
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2003
ID Number
2017.3064.17
nonaccession number
2017.3064
catalog number
2017.3064.17

Stall plate belonging to the horse Ravel and used at the World Equestrian Festival of 2009

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2009
ID Number
2017.0021.02
accession number
2017.0021
catalog number
2017.0021.02

Program for the WFTDA Dust Devil Western Regional Tournament Event , 2007

Program for the WFTDA Dust Devil Western Regional Tournament Event , February 16-18th, 2007. Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions (BGGW) name.
Description (Brief)
Program for the WFTDA Dust Devil Western Regional Tournament Event , February 16-18th, 2007. Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions (BGGW) name. In 2002, the Texas Rollergirls were formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. The flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, print programs and putting any money earned back into the organization.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2007
ID Number
2016.0189.14.2
accession number
2016.0189
catalog number
2016.0189.14.2

Dogtown and Z-Boys VHS tape

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2001
ID Number
2022.0065.05
accession number
2022.0065
catalog number
2022.0065.05

Program for the Smash Squad vs the Bruisers, 2004

Program for the Arizona Roller Derby Smash Squad vs the Bruisers, January 24th, 2004 at 7 pm. Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions (BGGW) name.
Description (Brief)
Program for the Arizona Roller Derby Smash Squad vs the Bruisers, January 24th, 2004 at 7 pm. Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions (BGGW) name. In 2002, the Texas Rollergirls were formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. The flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, print programs and putting any money earned back into the organization.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2004
ID Number
2016.0189.11
accession number
2016.0189
catalog number
2016.0189.11

New York Mets jersey worn by Pedro Martinez

New York Mets baseball jersey worn by pitcher Pedro Martinez.Right-handed pitcher Pedro Martinez (b.
Description
New York Mets baseball jersey worn by pitcher Pedro Martinez.
Right-handed pitcher Pedro Martinez (b. 1971) played Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1992-1993,) Montreal Expos (1994-1997,) Boston Red Sox (1998-2004,) New York Mets (2005-2008,) and Philadelphia Phillies (2009.) The native of the Dominican Republic was an 8-time All-Star and 3-time Cy Young Award Winner. In 2004 Martinez helped lead the Red Sox to their first World Series title since 1918.
Martinez attained a career 219-100 Win-Loss record along with a lifetime 2.93 earned run average and 3,154 strikeouts. He has had his number retired by the Red Sox, and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2005-2008
Associated Name
Martinez, Pedro
New York Mets
maker
Majestic Athletic, Ltd.
ID Number
2017.0334.13
catalog number
2017.0334.13
accession number
2017.0334

Miller Racing Group, Inc. team owner shirt worn by co-owner Leonard T. Miller

Miller Racing Group, Inc. (MRG) team owner shirt worn by co-owner Leonard T. Miller is a white, short sleeve polo shirt with red trim and the collar and cuffs. This shirt was worn at public relation events around the country from 2003-2006.
Description (Brief)
Miller Racing Group, Inc. (MRG) team owner shirt worn by co-owner Leonard T. Miller is a white, short sleeve polo shirt with red trim and the collar and cuffs. This shirt was worn at public relation events around the country from 2003-2006. Miller Racing Group was an African American racing team owned by father and son Leonard W. and Leonard T. Miller. MRG was sponsored by Dr. Pepper from 2001-2003 and delivered Dr. Pepper its first corporate win in the brand's history. The team competed in the NASCAR Late Model Stock Weekly Racing Series throughout the southeast. After the 2003 season, the Millers did not have a corporate sponsor for MRG and sustained the team with their personal funds and resources.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2003
user
Miller, Leonard T.
ID Number
2016.0308.03
accession number
2016.0308
catalog number
2016.0308.03

Scrapbook page belonging to Special Olympian Marty Sheets

Scrapbook page belonging to Special Olympian Marty Sheets is one of forty taken from various scrapbooks made by his family over the many years of Marty's Special Olympic career.Marty Sheets was born with Downs Syndrome in 1953 but through Camp Joy, a camp for kids with intellectu
Description (Brief)
Scrapbook page belonging to Special Olympian Marty Sheets is one of forty taken from various scrapbooks made by his family over the many years of Marty's Special Olympic career.
Marty Sheets was born with Downs Syndrome in 1953 but through Camp Joy, a camp for kids with intellectual disabilities, he found a love of sports. Invited to participate in the first International Special Olympic Games in Chicago in 1968, Marty formed a life long bond with founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Over the course of the next 40 years Sheets won over 250 medals while competing in golf, swimming, Alpine skiing, tennis and power lifting. His favorite sport was golf and In 2006, he was the PGA’s national volunteer of the year for his work at the Wyndham Championship in his hometown of Greensboro, N.C. He is also included in the portrait of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and other Special Olympians which now resides in the National Portrait Gallery collections.
From its beginnings as Camp Shriver in Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s backyard, to the first international games in 1968, Special Olympics has been about giving people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to participate in sport. This participation builds confidence, provides emotional support and offers social opportunities for the athletes and their families. With state chapters and a global presence through its World Games, “Special Olympics is the largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities with 5 million athletes in 170 countries worldwide.”
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2007
ID Number
2017.3064.05.38
nonaccession number
2017.3064
catalog number
2017.3064.05.38

Promotional card for the Gotham Girls Roller Derby All-Stars vs. the Boston All-Stars, 2009

Promotional card for the Gotham Girls Roller Derby All-Stars vs. the Boston All-Stars, March 28, 2009. The reverse is black with color images of roller derby girls and the dates and times of the tournament list in black and yellow print.
Description (Brief)
Promotional card for the Gotham Girls Roller Derby All-Stars vs. the Boston All-Stars, March 28, 2009. The reverse is black with color images of roller derby girls and the dates and times of the tournament list in black and yellow print. Emily Langmade, as Fisticuffs, started her career with the Tucson Roller Derby and later joined the Gotham Girls who went on to become four time champions at Women's Flat Track Roller Derby. Langmade saw the sport change from a hard hitting free for all to a serious sport with worlds class athletes.
Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions name. In 2002, the Texas Rollergirls were formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. Moore was a co-founder of the Women's Flat Track Association which helped define modern roller derby. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. The flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, print programs and putting any money earned back into the organization.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2009
user
Langmade, Emily
ID Number
2016.3170.02
nonaccession number
2016.3170
catalog number
2016.3170.02

Race cachet letter for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, 2009

Pink letter included in the race cachet designed by Jona Van Zyle and carried by DeeDee Jonrowe in her sled bag from Anchorage, Alaska to Nome, Alaska. It was canceled in Anchorage on the day of the race start and on the day she finished in Nome.
Description (Brief)
Pink letter included in the race cachet designed by Jona Van Zyle and carried by DeeDee Jonrowe in her sled bag from Anchorage, Alaska to Nome, Alaska. It was canceled in Anchorage on the day of the race start and on the day she finished in Nome. She is also the musher pictured in the Jeff Schultz photo used on the stamp on this envelope. As a breast cancer survivor, DeeDee likes Jona to use pink in her designs. Trail mail is on the list of required gear for all mushers to carry during the Iditarod, making it just as important as snow shoes, a sleeping bag, the vet book or an ax. Each musher is required to carry this mail cachet throughout the race and deliver it to the Nome post office when the race is completed. This cachet pays homage to the early history of the Iditarod Trail and its original purpose of providing mail and supplies for the Alaskan settlers drawn to the area by the gold rush.
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race is an extreme sports challenge that tests the skill and endurance of competitors while celebrating Alaska’s sled dog culture and history. Teams of 12 to 16 dogs, primarily Alaskan Huskies, and their musher experience harsh terrain and weather conditions during the 1,150 mile run from Anchorage to Nome. In its modern iteration as an extreme sport, the Iditarod takes an intense physical toll not only on the human competitors but also on the sled dogs. The race follows a large network of Native trade and travel routes which travelers used when gold was discovered in the isolated town of Iditarod. This discovery led to a “rush” of miners and settlers from across the country, transforming the trail into the region’s main mail and supply route. The area’s harsh winter conditions made sled dog teams the main source of transportation along the Iditarod Trail and it is this rich history which the Iditarod race celebrates today. In 1978 Congress designated the 2300 mile Iditarod Trail as a National Historic Trail recognizing its importance in the shaping of America. Through its beginnings as a regional story, the Iditarod provides us the opportunity to explore the American Experience through the origins of the Iditarod National Historic Trail and the transformation of the Alaskan sled dog culture into an international sport. The Iditarod is now the largest and most prominent sled dog race in the world, attracting international competitors and world-wide media attention.
Jon and Jona Van Zyle are both artists who live outside of Anchorage and have raised sled dogs for many years. Jon has been a supporter of the Iditarod since it beginnings and ran the race in 1976. Jon produced the first official poster for the Iditarod in 1977 which was such a huge success he was voted official artist of the Iditarod in 1979, a position he holds to this day. Jona also contributes her artistic talents to the race by designing logos for the Junior Iditarod and race cachets for the Iditarod and personal cachets for various mushers.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2009
referenced
Jonrowe, DeeDee
artist
Van Zyle, Jona
ID Number
2014.0116.11.2
accession number
2014.0116
catalog number
2014.0116.12.2

Trophy for the Most Improved player, Sparkle Plenty

Trophy for the Most Improved player was awarded to Sparkle Plenty aka Rachelle Moore. The trophy is from Bad Girls Good Women Productions for the year 2002, the only year this league was in existence.
Description (Brief)
Trophy for the Most Improved player was awarded to Sparkle Plenty aka Rachelle Moore. The trophy is from Bad Girls Good Women Productions for the year 2002, the only year this league was in existence. Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions (BGGW) name. In 2002, the Texas Rollergirls were formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. The flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, print programs and putting any money earned back into the organization.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2002
ID Number
2016.0190.03
accession number
2016.0190
catalog number
2016.0190.03

Promotional flyer for the Third Annual Wheelies Award Ceremony and Costume Ball presented by the Tucson Roller Derby

Promotional flyer for the Third Annual Wheelies Award Ceremony and Costume Ball presented by the Tucson Roller Derby, Friday October 6, 2006.
Description (Brief)
Promotional flyer for the Third Annual Wheelies Award Ceremony and Costume Ball presented by the Tucson Roller Derby, Friday October 6, 2006. Emily Langmade, as Fisticuffs, started her career with the Tucson Roller Derby and later joined the Gotham Girls who went on to become four time champions at Women's Flat Track Roller Derby. Langmade saw the sport change from a hard hitting free for all to a serious sport with worlds class athletes.
Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions name. In 2002, the Texas Rollergirls were formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. Moore was a co-founder of the Women's Flat Track Association which helped define modern roller derby. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. The flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, print programs and putting any money earned back into the organization.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2006
user
Langmade, Emily
ID Number
2016.3170.15
nonaccession number
2016.3170
catalog number
2016.3170.15

CCS Catalog, 2003

CCS Catalog for Winter 2003 has a color photograph of a skater riding a graffiti covered wall and white printing.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
CCS Catalog for Winter 2003 has a color photograph of a skater riding a graffiti covered wall and white printing.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2003
ID Number
2019.3079.11.3
nonaccession number
2019.3079
catalog number
2019.3079.11.3

Eastern Regional WFTDA Heartland Havoc Tournament program

Eastern Regional WFTDA Heartland Havoc Tournament program, August 17-19, 2007. Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions name.
Description (Brief)
Eastern Regional WFTDA Heartland Havoc Tournament program, August 17-19, 2007. Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions name. In 2002, the Texas Rollergirls were formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. The flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, print programs and putting any money earned back into the organization.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2007
ID Number
2016.3108.07
nonaccession number
2016.3108
catalog number
2016.3108.07

Roller Derby Girls calendar

Roller Derby Girls calendar of 2003 was produced by Bad Girl Good Woman Productions costing $7000.
Description (Brief)
Roller Derby Girls calendar of 2003 was produced by Bad Girl Good Woman Productions costing $7000. Unfortunately the calendar did not come out until January of 2003 after most people had already purchased calendars for that year resulting in a $5000 loss for BGGW Productions which was already struggling financially. Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions (BGGW) name. In 2002, the Texas Rollergirls were formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. The flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, print programs and putting any money earned back into the organization.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2003
ID Number
2016.0190.09
accession number
2016.0190
catalog number
2016.0190.09

Color photograph of David Handel with Elizabeth Handel and Lindsey Gucciardo and the handmade Stanley Cup trophy

Color photograph of the donor's husband, David Handel, with Elizabeth Handel and Lindsey Gucciardo in front of the Smithsonian Institution castle holding the handmade Stanley Cup trophy at the June12, 2018 parade for the Stanley Cup Champion, Washington Capitals.Curators often at
Description (Brief)
Color photograph of the donor's husband, David Handel, with Elizabeth Handel and Lindsey Gucciardo in front of the Smithsonian Institution castle holding the handmade Stanley Cup trophy at the June12, 2018 parade for the Stanley Cup Champion, Washington Capitals.
Curators often attend events in order to collect objects that pertain to a particular event. In this case, fan paraphernalia was collected from the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Parade celebration in 2019 to document the whole sports experience. Fan objects can tell quite a story about the fan, the team, the sport and what’s happening in society at a particular time. It also speaks to what the user or maker of that object was feeling at the time. Why did they carry that particular object on that particular day. This trophy was born from superstition, to visualize the Cup and perhaps a win for the Captials in their first Stanley Cup playoff appearance in 2008. The photographs document the family's use of this prop throughout the years and their level of dedication to their team.
The Washington Capitals were founded in 1974 as an expansion team and are a member of the Metropolitan Division of the eastern Conference in the National Hockey League. They played at the Capitals Center in Landover, Maryland until 1997 when they made the move to the Verizon Center located in the heart of Washington, DC. Ted Leonsis bought the team in 1999, drafted high profile players and began winning. Since 2009 the Capitals have won eleven division titles, three President’s trophies and in 2018, finally won the elusive Stanley Cup Championship.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2009
referenced
Washington Capitals
ID Number
2019.0096.08
accession number
2019.0096
catalog number
2019.0096.08

Miller Racing Group, Inc. team crew t-shirt worn by co-owner Leonard T. Miller

Miller Racing Group, Inc. (MRG) team crew t-shirt worn by co-owner Leonard T. Miller is a white, short sleeve t-shirt with the Miller Racing Group logo on the front. The t-shirt graphics represent an African American driver denoted by the black handgrip on the steering wheel.
Description (Brief)
Miller Racing Group, Inc. (MRG) team crew t-shirt worn by co-owner Leonard T. Miller is a white, short sleeve t-shirt with the Miller Racing Group logo on the front. The t-shirt graphics represent an African American driver denoted by the black handgrip on the steering wheel. Miller Racing Group was an African American racing team owned by father and son Leonard W. and Leonard T. Miller. MRG was sponsored by Dr. Pepper from 2001-2003 and delivered Dr. Pepper its first corporate win in the brand's history. The team competed in the NASCAR Late Model Stock Weekly Racing Series throughout the southeast. After the 2003 season, the Millers did not have a corporate sponsor for MRG and sustained the team with their personal funds and resources.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2003
user
Miller, Leonard T.
ID Number
2016.0308.05
accession number
2016.0308
catalog number
2016.0308.05

Scrapbook page belonging to Special Olympian Marty Sheets

Scrapbook page belonging to Special Olympian Marty Sheets is one of forty taken from various scrapbooks made by his family over the many years of Marty's Special Olympic career.Marty Sheets was born with Downs Syndrome in 1953 but through Camp Joy, a camp for kids with intellectu
Description (Brief)
Scrapbook page belonging to Special Olympian Marty Sheets is one of forty taken from various scrapbooks made by his family over the many years of Marty's Special Olympic career.
Marty Sheets was born with Downs Syndrome in 1953 but through Camp Joy, a camp for kids with intellectual disabilities, he found a love of sports. Invited to participate in the first International Special Olympic Games in Chicago in 1968, Marty formed a life long bond with founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Over the course of the next 40 years Sheets won over 250 medals while competing in golf, swimming, Alpine skiing, tennis and power lifting. His favorite sport was golf and In 2006, he was the PGA’s national volunteer of the year for his work at the Wyndham Championship in his hometown of Greensboro, N.C. He is also included in the portrait of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and other Special Olympians which now resides in the National Portrait Gallery collections.
From its beginnings as Camp Shriver in Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s backyard, to the first international games in 1968, Special Olympics has been about giving people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to participate in sport. This participation builds confidence, provides emotional support and offers social opportunities for the athletes and their families. With state chapters and a global presence through its World Games, “Special Olympics is the largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities with 5 million athletes in 170 countries worldwide.”
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2007
ID Number
2017.3064.05.40
nonaccession number
2017.3064
catalog number
2017.3064.05.40

411VM Skateboarding videotape, 2001

411VM Skateboarding videotape, 2001.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
411VM Skateboarding videotape, 2001.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2001
ID Number
2019.3079.13.3
nonaccession number
2019.3079
catalog number
2019.3079.13.3

Lunch box depicting the 2001 San Fransisco Giants baseball team

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2001
depicted
San Francisco Giants
ID Number
2013.3001.015
nonaccession number
2013.3001
catalog number
2013.3001.015

Color photograph of Violet Knockout of the Gotham City Rollergirls, 2009

Color photograph of Violet Knockout of the Gotham City Rollergirls, 2009 taken by Andreanna Seymore the official photographer for USA Roller Derby at the First World Cup in Toronto, Canada, 2011.
Description (Brief)
Color photograph of Violet Knockout of the Gotham City Rollergirls, 2009 taken by Andreanna Seymore the official photographer for USA Roller Derby at the First World Cup in Toronto, Canada, 2011. Seymore is a freelance photographer who joined the Hellions of Troy in 2008 and became a member of the close knit, roller derby community.
Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions name. In 2002, the Texas Rollergirls were formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. The flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, print programs and putting any money earned back into the organization.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
2009
ID Number
2016.3110.03
nonaccession number
2016.3110
catalog number
2016.3110.03

Glove, used by Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees

Panamanian American relief pitcher Mariano Rivera played 17 seasons for the New York Yankees (1995-2013.) The right hander set the Major League record for career saves with 652 and was the first player to be unanimously elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (2019.)A 13-ti
Description
Panamanian American relief pitcher Mariano Rivera played 17 seasons for the New York Yankees (1995-2013.) The right hander set the Major League record for career saves with 652 and was the first player to be unanimously elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (2019.)
A 13-time All-Star selection, Rivera won five World Series championships in New York (1996, 1998-2000,2009), being named the series Most Valuable Player in 1999. Leading the Majors in saves three times, Rivera finished his career with a lifetime 82-60 win-loss record, a 2.21 earned run average and 1,173 strike outs.
The glove's inscription reflects Rivera's Christian faith. Known for his humanitarian efforts, Rivera was the recipient of the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award in 2013 and the ROBIE Humanitarian Award in 2014. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 2007
Associated Name
Rivera, Mariano
New York Yankees
maker
Nike, Inc.
ID Number
2017.0334.17
catalog number
2017.0334.17
accession number
2017.0334

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