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Baseball Australia cap

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Overview

A cream-coloured baseball cap with a cream fabric-covered top button and white thread stitched around the eyelets in the crown. Embroidered on the front panel in black thread are the words 'Baseball Australia' with their logo consisting of a green diamond shape behind a white baseball with black seams, and a green kangaroo. Either side of the kangaroo are five horizontal yellow lines of varying thicknesses. The cap crown is not lined. The underside of the visor is lined with the cream fabric. The snapback closure is white plastic.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.637

Item type

Sports Uniforms

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Cotton (Textile)

Inscriptions and markings

[On the crown]
'Baseball Australia' and logo

[Manufacturer's label]
'Aussie Pro'
'Made in Taiwan'

Contextual Information

This cap was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by baseball umpire Ken Smith, a Life Member of the West Australian Baseball Umpires Association since 1991.

Keywords

Australian Baseball Team

Baseball Australia

Australian Baseball Cap

Place made

Taiwan

Statement of significance

This cap adds to the Museum's collection of baseball caps bearing the Baseball Australia logo.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced

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