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Uniform, Sports

Object number2024.57.2

Manufacturer Left Turn Clothing

MediumSynthetic fabric; Ink

Credit LineGift of Steel City Roller Derby

DescriptionReversible yellow and black tank top roller derby jersey. One reversible jersey is yellow with black trim along the neckline and armscyes and other reversible jersey is black with yellow stitching along the bottom hem and side seams. Synthetic fabric jersey has thick shoulder straps, round neckline, and round bottom hem. Front of each jersey has black and yellow team emblem at center of chest featuring Pittsburgh skyline above team name with a roller skate wheel in each bottom corner. Back of each jersey has player number and name at top. Front of yellow jersey has player signatures in black ink. DimensionsHeight x Width: 22.5 x 20 in. (57.2 x 50.8 cm)
InscriptionsFront of each jersey has black and yellow text at center “STEEL / CITY”.

Front of each jersey’s proper right shoulder has inverted blue triangle with text “TRACE / BREWING”; on the yellow jersey the text is black and on the black jersey the text is white.

Front of each jersey’s proper left shoulder has text “She/her / Necromancer / BREWING CO.”; on the yellow jersey the pronouns are black and on the black jersey the pronouns are yellow; on both jerseys the sponsor logo is white.

Back of each jersey has text “31 / Jinxy Jackal”; on the yellow jersey the text is black and white and on the black jersey the text is yellow and white.

The front of the yellow jersey has handwritten black ink text and drawings including, roughly clockwise from top proper right corner:
“STARK RAVEN #2”;
“Dakota / Slamming / #219”;
“Artemis / #105”;
“#118 / HELGA”;
“ HARMIN’ ”;
“Zorra #12”;
“#462 / SCARY / JANE”;
“FRIDA KILLAH #223”;
“ACE / CADET”;
“Venus / Thigh / #8 TRAP”;
“Mercury / #80”;
“Franky / Panky / 314”;
“Weird Al SlapABench #81”;
“Yinzey / LOHAN #17”;
"MRSAless";
“#13 Kourtney / Karsmashian”;
"Ally McKill / #25";
“Painsley / #204”;
“Lyssacutioner”;
“#26 / STRange”; and
“SNARKO / #27”.
MarksEach jersey on the back in the bottom proper right corner has logo for Left Turn Clothing.
Historical NotesRoller derby jersey worn by Jinxy Jackal. Signed by team members in 2023.Label TextFounded in Pittsburgh in 2006 as the Steel City Derby Demons, the league became part of a national reintroduction of roller derby, a sport started in 1935. Popular on television in the 1970s, the sport all but disappeared until 2004, when the Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Association formed. Locally, Pamela Simmons, Natalie Gilchrest, and Becky Bauer (also known as Suzy Sydal, Busty Brawler, and Elsa Slam) championed a league. That league originally included four home teams and two travel teams. Currently, the Steel City Charter has 30 players who compete against other ranked roller derby teams, including Pittsburgh’s A- Team, Steel Hurtin’, and B-Team, Steel Beamers. The League also supports a developmental C-Team, the Blitzburgh Bombers.

Previous owner Jinxy Jackal

Related person Monica Cervone McElwain

Related institution Steel City Roller Derby

Related institution Trace Brewing

Related institution Necromancer Brewing Company

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