WHS Letter Sweater

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

WHS Letter Sweater

Entry/Object ID

9.98.2

Description

Gold Wool Cardigan. Material: textile, plastic. Size: 21" W. at shoulders x 27 1/2" L. Description: gold colored wool - v-neckline cardigan - long sleeves - front closure with six gold plastic buttons - three blue fabric stripes encircle left sleeve indicating number of years lettered - two numerical patches sewn above stripes: "48" (year of graduation) - small pocket on each front side - gold "W" with blue edging sewn on left front side above pocket - sewn on "W": basketball (indicating basketball participation), a football (indicating football participation) and a winged foot (indicating track participation) - embroidered inside on gold felt: "Lenny Syboda" (misspelled name of owner.)

Context

Waseca City Schools - Central High School. Sports. Belonged to owner's husband, Leonard Svoboda.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1948

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Sweater, Letter

Class

Clothing, Outerwear

Category

Personal Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

February 20, 1998

Update Date

March 10, 2026