St. Philomina High School letterman's sweater

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St. Philomina High School letterman's sweater

American Pennant Mfg. Co

1/1/1950-1/1/1960

The item is a red knit cardigan made with 100% wool yarn. The cardigan has a 1 � inch collar/ hem that borders the main body of the cardigan. Starting 7 in. down the lapel portion of this sweater are 6 red buttons � in. in diameter and spaced 4 in apart. The sleeves are maintained the same even knit as the body untilled the cuff and the end which has 4 in of ribbed knitting. The manufacturing tag is stitched under the back side of the color and features and pennant with the company name. the cardigans has two pockets, one on either side of the front panels and have an opening of 5in. the pockets are un-anchored on the interior of the sweater. There is a post production Letterman or varsity "P" shaped patch, made with cream colored tarry cloth knit on a red substrate, sown on to the left panel over the pocket. The "P" patch is adorned with 9 brass pins 3 are shaped like different balls and the others are thick "/" shaped. The ball shaped pens represent from top to bottom a football, then basket ball and at the bottom a base ball. Each of the balls corresponds with two of the "/" shaped pins. There is also a postproduction patch sown into the interior of the bottom hem with the recipient�s name embroidered in cursive in cream colored thread. These sweaters were used to signify athletic achievement in school sports. The pins on the �P� are likely significant of years participated in the sport they represented. Letterman sweaters and jackets were only issued to students on the varsity teams. The colors represented the school where the student participated in these sports. This particular on was issues by the St. Philomena Catholic School in Colorado.Manufactures' tag: 100% PURE WOOL /AMERICAN PENNANT MFG. CO. / DENVER, COLO / SHAKER SWEATER / RONALD SCOTT ALLEN, Sweater Body: P, Personal label: RONALD SCOTT ALLEN

Lettermen's clubs, Varsity--Cardigan sweater

High School

Football

Basketball

Baseball

P

Ronald Scott Allen, b. 1948

Saint Philomena Grade School

Denver, Colorado

Knitted

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