Patch

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Patch

Entry/Object ID

2024.16.43

Description

Shield-shaped patch with bright red top-stitched edging. The patch depicts white mountains with gray peaks and shadows against a bright blue sky background. There are green fir trees towards the base of the mountains and a snow-covered fir tree in the foreground. At the center of the patch is a ski jumper with a red and white coat, white hat and mittens, blue ski pants, black boots, and wooden skis. Above the skier are the words, "LAKE-PLACID NY" in yellow embroidery.

Context

Earned by 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, White, Gray, Green, Yellow, Beige, Black

Sewing Stitch Count

a lot

Notes

Edging with bright red topstitching thread, perfectly preserved as if new. Entire shield filled with image of competitive ski jumper in bright colorful threads, each shape outlined with thin black lines in thread. All stitching is crisp and tight.

Made/Created

Date made

1940 - 1960

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

2-3/4 in

Width

1-7/8 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Austine School for the Deaf

Related Places

Place

City

Lake Placid

State/Province

New York, Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Town

Brattleboro

County

Windham County

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, Records of Various Ski Events in Lake Placid February 1968-Adirondack Times, History of Olympic Jumping Hill/Lake Placid Ski Club, Samples of Other Ski Club Patches-Almost identical to this one