Jacket
Object number2010.11.90
Manufacturer
Empire Emporium
Date1954
OriginNew York, NY
Mediumwool; cotton; satin; metal
Credit LineGift of Frank Jansen
DescriptionGreen jacket with beige leather sleeves and green cuffs. Five metal snap buttons down front, engraved with maker name. Front pockets lined outside with beige leather. Patch on proper left breast: football superimposed over letter "M". Maker label in collar. Hand-stitched label on inner lining.Dimensions30.5 x 19 x 24.5 in. (77.5 x 48.3 x 62.2 cm)InscriptionsPatch on proper left breast: football superimposed over "M"; on football, "BULLDOGS / 54 / ALLEG. COUNTY / CHAMPS".
Hand-stitched label on inner lining, proper left, "FRANK".
MarksFive metal snap buttons down front, engraved with "EMPIRE".
Label in collar with text "THE EMBLEM / EMPORIUM / OF SATISFACTION / N.Y.C."
Historical NotesMorningside Bulldogs jacket, 1954. Donor Frank Jansen grew up in Morningside where he played—center on the offense and a linebacker on defense—for the Morningside Bulldogs in both 1953 (13 years old) and 1954. He started working for the Clark Candy Company in 1961 and retired from the company in 1991. Starting out as a traffic manager in the North Side plant, he moved up to distribution manager, customer service manager, and finally purchasing manager. The D.L. Clark Company started out on the North Side in 1886.
Previous owner
Frank Jansen
Related institution
Morningside Bulldogs
Related institution
D.L. Clark Company
(1886 - 1995)
On View
Not on view
1947
c. 1950
1965