Eppa Rixey shirt
Datecirca 1927
DescriptionOff-white short-sleeved shirt with vertical blue pinstriping and five light yellow buttons down the front placket. Sleeve edges, neck and front placket have faded red piping. Proper left chest has a red and black "C" logo with "Reds" in red appliques in the center. Sleeve edges have buttonholes. Interior back of the neck has a manufacturer label with another tag sewn underneath which is now faded and illegible. Reverse of the shirt is blank except for "Rixey / 3 29" in black embroidery on the proper right side bottom, near the edge.
Bio/Historical NoteShirt worn by Eppa Rixey of the Cincinnati Reds in the late 1920s.
Object numberB-1963-1369
Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer
A.G. Spalding & Bros.
(Manufacturer)
Subject
Rixey, Eppa, 1891-1963
Subject
Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team)
Classificationsuniforms
Dimensions24.5 x 36 in.
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