T-Shirt
Object number2017.28.13
Manufacturer
A.D. Amster Headliner Shirts
Date1979
MediumFabric; Paint
Credit LineGift of Dena Dortenzo Walzl
DescriptionChild's short sleeve yellow fabric t-shirt. Crew neck. Front has black and white screen printed text, date, and newspaper headline "clippings" on white backgrounds.DimensionsHeight x Width: 17 × 19 in. (43.2 × 48.3 cm)InscriptionsFront has black and white screen printed text at top "City of Champions / 1979" and two newspaper "clippings" below:
top has text "The Pittsburgh Press... / ... / VOL. 95, NO. 209 SUPER MONDAY, JAN. XXII, MCMLXXIX ... / Super! Steelers Champs / It All Adds Up To No. 1 Record 3rd Title Just Terry-fic", and
bottom has text "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette... / VOL. 53 NO. 68 THURSDAY OCT. 18, 1979 20 CENTS / Battlin' Bucs Beat 'Em / Bucco Fans / Sing, Dance: / We're No. 1 / 4-1 Victory / Caps Series / Comeback".
MarksFront has black and white screen printed text at bottom center "© A.D. AMSTER / HEADLINER SHIRTS TM".
Historical NotesT-shirt worn by Dena Dortenzo. Dena spent her childhood in the predominately Italian American neighborhood of Bloomfield in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended grade school at Immaculate Conception. Dena noted that attending Immaculate Conception, where the congregation was made up of first and second generation Italian Americans, many of their Catholic traditions were brought over from Italy. Occasionally the student body could wear t-shirts to school to support Pittsburgh sports teams on special days they called “Steelers Day.”
Related institution
Immaculate Conception School
Previous owner
Dena Dortenzo Walzl
Related institution
The Pittsburgh Press
Related institution
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
(founded 1927)
On View
Not on view
1989
Bella+Canvas
Fruit of the Loom