Varsity Letter

Name/Title

Varsity Letter

Entry/Object ID

2020.21.1

Description

Varsity letter consisting of a blue, looped pile V over a white, felt border. A white basketball is embroidered at the bottom. The whole is mounted onto white buckram.

Context

Owned by Shirley Jane Hamilton for participating in varsity basketball at Vergennes High School, 1952-1953

Acquisition

Accession

2020.21

Source or Donor

Duane Merrill and Company

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Date made

1953

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

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

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

5-5/8 in

Width

5-1/8 in

Material

Nylon, Wool, Linen

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Vaux, Shirley Jane Hamilton (1935-2016)

Related Places

Place

City

Vergennes

County

Addison County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America