Shirt worn by a guard at Shenandoah Downs racetrack (race track) in Charles Town. Short-sleeved dark blue shirt with a breast pocket on either side. Five black four-holed buttons and six buttonholes down the front of the shirt (one button missing). Each pocket with a flap that buttons with a four-hole black button to the upper part of the pocket. Black-buttoned epaulet on each shoulder. Above left pocket on inside is a loop, perhaps to hold a badge. Patch on left sleeve with blue background on which "Shenandoah Downs" is embroidered in gold thread and with gold thread embroidered around the edges of the patch. Patch is shaped like a 60-degree segment of a circle, with two straight sides from center (at bottom of patch) to an arc which forms the top of the patch.
Acquisition
Accession
443
Source or Donor
Dailey, Roger
Acquisition Method
Gift
Made/Created
Manufacturer
Label: REGULATION Elbeco SHIRTS
Date made
1960 - circa 1980
Material
Label: Made of Simpson's Souleite poplin, 100% combed cotton, last word illegible.
