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Japan versus Australia 1979 International Baseball Series souvenir T-shirt

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Overview

A T-shirt made of yellow polyester cotton fabric, with black stretch cotton trim around the neck opening and the ends of the short sleeves. A vinyl iron-on transfer covers the top half of the front panel. Overall the transfer is triangular in shape, representing a baseball diamond, overprinted with an image of a helmeted batter swinging the bat. Also overprinted on the diamond is Western Australia's sesquicentenary logo. The logo consists of a stylised swan in colours of red, yellow and black with the words 'Western Australia 150' in black text above the swan's back. Printed below the logo are the years '1829' and '1979'.

At the top of the transfer are the words 'International Baseball' and the year '1979' is divided either side of the batter. At the bottom of the transfer, on either side of the V-shaped baseball diamond, is a black circle with a white background. The left-hand circle has 'Japan' printed on it and the right-hand circle has 'Australia' printed on it. Between the two circles are the letters 'vs'.

Historical information

This 1979 T-shirt commemorates the International Baseball Series between Japan and Australia which was played in Perth, Western Australia. The iron-on transfer on the front panel includes the logo of Western Australia's sesquicentenary year.

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Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.370

Item type

Material

Cotton (Textile)

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

(Manufacturer's label)
'Exacto'
'Polyester'
'Cotton'
Chest 95cm 38"
'Size 16'
'Made in Australia'

Contextual Information

Don Kyle, a representative of Team Australia in 1979, donated the T-shirt to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives.

Keywords

International Baseball Series

Australia v Japan series

Australian Baseball Team

Sesquicentenary {150 Years}

Western Australia's 150th Anniversary

Perth, Western Australia

Baseball WA

Baseball WA

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