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Track shoes worn by Carl Lewis

A pair of custom designed spike track shoes worn by Carl Lewis. The upper body is primarily a white mesh material. Gold metallic material on the heel, around the laces, on both sides of the toe box, and on the toe. The shoes have white laces. There is a yellow and red embroidered crown on a stripe of white suede on the inner and outer sides of both shoes. The tongue is white mesh. The shoes have b

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Track shoes worn by Carl Lewis for the University of Houston

A pair of blue and yellow Adidas track shoes used by Carl Lewis. The body of the shoes are primarily made of blue synthetic, a darker blue suede is used along the toe and heel. Three diagonal yellow stripes with zigzag edges are machine sewn on both sides of the shoes. The shoes have a blue tongue made of foam, a yellow rectangle with black lettering and the Adidas logo is stamped at the top of th

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Track shoes worn by Jackie Joyner-Kersee at the 1984 Olympic trials

A pair of track shoes worn by Jackie Joyner-Kersee. The shoes are white with three vertical, orange stripes on the outside of each shoe. At the center of the tongue of the shoe is an orange box with the Adidas logo in black at center. The heel of the shoe is blue and also has the Adidas logo in white. The laces of the shoes are white. The shoes have plastic treads with six metal spikes screwed int

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Track shorts worn by Edwin Moses

The shorts have an elastic waist band with a white tie at the interior front and white mesh interior lining. The interior tag reads [L / Official / Sponsor / U.S. Track / and Field / Team.] in red on the proper left, and the logo for Kappa is on the proper right. A second tag has manufacturing information.

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Track shorts worn by Wyomia Tyus for the 1968 Mexico XIX Olympics

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A pair of Wilson track shorts, size 24, worn by Wyomia Tyus for the 1968 Mexico XIX Olympics. The shorts are navy blue. The shorts have an elastic waistband and leg holes. They are not lined. A white label is stitched to the interior center back waist band with manufacturer's information, sizing, and laundry instructions stitched in red and black text in different fonts and sizes that reads [Wilso

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Track suit for the TSU Tigerbelles worn by Chandra Cheeseborough

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Pants, .2: A pair of royal blue track pants. The pants have a decorative dart running down the center front of each pant leg, and are embellished with one strip of (1) red piping and one (1) strip of white piping running down the outside of each pant leg. At each front hip is a slanted slit pocket with zipper closure. The pant legs taper to the bottom, with zipper closures on the outside of each l

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Track to Bobsledding crossover medallion owned by Vonetta Flowers

The medallion has a red, white, and blue woven strap. There are six (6) alternating red and white vertical stripes, three of each color, going vertically up, around, and down the inside edge of the strap. The outer edge of the strap is blue with small white dots representing stars. The bottom of the strap has some loose red threads. There is a thin, circular metal ring attached to the end, which i

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Track uniform for the Santa Monica Track Club worn by Carl Lewis

Blue Santa Monica Track Club leotard made of shiny synthetic spandex fabric. The leotard has a tank style top with racer back connected at the center of the front and verso to a brief style bottom leaving the sides of the torso as open cut-outs. There is an orange nylon fabric border around the neck, arm holes and side cut-outs. Orange spandex strips are crossed to form a webbing pattern inside th

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Trade card for the "Great Negro Mart" in Memphis, Tennessee

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A trade card with printed black type for the slave traders Hill, Ware and Chrisp. Text on the obverse reads, "GREAT / NEGRO MART, / No. 87, ADAMS STREET, / MEMPHIS, --- TENN. / The undersigned would announce to the community at large, that they will keep/constantly on hand a / GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF NEGROES / AT PRIVATE SALE AND AT AUCTION. / They will also receive on commission (to Board or for Sa

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Trade card for the slave dealers Blount & Dawson in Savannah, Georgia

A letterpress printed trade card for the slave dealers Blount and Dawson, printd in black ink on off-white paper stock. Large text in various decorative fonts reads: [A CARD. / BLOUNT & DAWSON, / GENERAL BROKERS / For the Purchase and Sale of Negroes and Other / Property. / SAVANNAH, GEORGIA]. In smaller text, [Having taken the Office and New Jail completed by Wm. Wright, Esq., we are / able to af

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Trade token for the Sanitary Dairy of Barnesville, OH owned by Marquis Peterson

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H x W x D: 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 1/16 in. (2.2 × 3.2 × 0.2 cm)

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Trading card of Dwayne McDuffie

A trading card owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The front of the card features a colored image of Dwayne McDuffie wearing glasses, a grey jacket and a black shirt with a white Milestone Media logo on the chest. At the top center of the card is a green box with a yellow, triangle border at the bottom. Printed above the border is [Dwayne McDuffie]. The front is bordered with a pink line and a black border

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