Patch

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Patch

Entry/Object ID

2024.16.42

Description

Shield shaped patch with dark blue top-stitched edging. The patch depicts pale gray mountains with a light blue sky in the background and a ski jumper in flight in the middleground. The jumper wears a gray ski suit with matching goggles and cap with black stitched accents. Above the skier are the words, "AMERICAN ATHLETIC / ASS'N. OF THE DEAF" in yellow and "USA" in red across the skis at the bottom of the patch.

Context

Earned by Herbert P. Holbrook who was a class A ski jumper and olympic cross-country skier. He was an alumnus of the Austine School for the Deaf, and admitted to the AAAD (American Athletic Association for the Deaf) in 1964, when he also made the New York Times News twice that year. He competed in Berchtesgaden (West Germany) in the 60's and in the Meribel Olympics in France in 1979.

Acquisition

Accession

2024.16

Source or Donor

Austine School for the Deaf

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Textile Details

Color

Blue, Gray, Black, Yellow, Red

Sewing Stitch Count

a lot

Notes

Patch is in original form as would have been before applied to a garment or fabric-based object. Exhibiting dark top-stitched edging. Stitching on entirety of patch to create its image with all its colors and so fourth. While top lettered stitching may have happened simultaneously to the image stitching (all by machine) the bottom red "USA" appearing as though machine stitched on top of the image stitching below.

Made/Created

Date made

1960 - 1970

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Patch, Membership

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Patch, Insignia

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Insignia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

2-7/8 in

Width

2-1/8 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

United States Deaf Ski and Snowboard Association, Austine School for the Deaf

Web Links and URLs

Records of Cross-country Skiing in Olympics-Deaflympics, Clip of New York times-January, 1964, Clip of New York Times-February, 1964, Biography of Herbert Holbrook, History of the AAAD- USA Deaf Sports.org