T-Shirt
Object number2015.71.1
Manufacturer
Gildan Activewear SRL
Date2015
OriginHaiti
MediumCotton/Fabric
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
DescriptionSan Rocco Festa (San Rocca Festival) t-shirt. Green cotton short-sleeve t-shirt. Size 2XL. Printed decoration and text over proper left chest includes white text above and below the green, white, and red Italian flag; text identifies the festival and location. Reverse of t-shirt has printed white decoration and text at the center of the back consisting of three concentric white circles with a white silhouette of Italy at the center; white text within the circles describes the festival.Dimensions32.625 x 40.5 in. (82.9 x 102.9 cm)InscriptionsPrinted white text over proper left chest "SAN ROCCO / [Italian flag] / FESTA / Aliquippa, Pa".
Reverse of t-shirt has printed white text at the center of the back: on left "Patrica, Italy", on right "Aliquippa, PA", at top "Festa de San Rocco", and at bottom "Founded 1925 / 90th Anniversary".
MarksTwo fabric tags inside collar at back center with printed text:
top tag has text on front "GILDAN / TM / Ultra Cotton" and text on reverse regarding garment fabrication and importation information;
bottom tag has text on front including "GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR SRL / ... / 100% COTTON / ... / Made in Haiti / ... / 2XL ..." and text on reverse has product care information in multiple languages.
Historical NotesSan Rocco Festa (festival) t-shirt. Aliquippa’s San Rocco Festa celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2015; the first San Rocco Festa was held in Aliquippa in 1925, by Italian immigrants from the town of Patrica. Since the 1920s, the event has featured a Catholic mass at St. Titus Church and a procession of a San Rocco statue through the streets. As the years went on, the San Rocco Festa expanded to include a festival at a local fairground, which included food and game booths, performances, and fireworks; one unique offering of the festival is the Babydoll dance, a folk tradition brought from Patrica in the early 20th century. The first several decades of the San Rocco Festa were attended by an exclusively Italian audience; later decades saw a rise in participation from other ethnicities as the demographics of Aliquippa’s neighborhoods changed and Italian Americans intermarried. The event is one of the annual celebrations that brings widespread community excitement, as well as money and tourism, to Aliquippa, an economically depressed former steel town.
Related institution
St. Titus Church
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Gildan Activewear SRL
1999
1950-1959