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Commemorative

Object number2013.45.4

Designer Vance Wright Adams and Associates Inc.

Date1990

MediumPaper/Ink/Plastic

Credit LineGift of Gary Adams

DescriptionCommemorative acrylic-mounted 41st NHL All-Star Game tickets.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 7.5 × 7 × 0.625 in. (19.1 × 17.8 × 1.6 cm)
InscriptionsBoth tickets have printed text at top "SECTION ROW SEAT / V. I. P. SEATING" and at bottom "V. I. P. SEATING / SECTION ROW SEAT".

Left ticket front has text at top "41st NHL / ALL STAR GAME / 1:30 PM / SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1990 / $40.00 / CIVIC ARENA PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA", and the All-Star Game logo"; four hockey player portraits at bottom have name captions "Alex Delvecchio", "Wayne Gretzky", "Mario Lemieux", and "Maurice Richard".

Left ticket reverse has sponsor logo at top with text "Enjoy / Coca-Cola / CLASSIC / THE OFFICIAL SOFT DRINK / OF THE / NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE / [NHL logo]" and black printed text below "The sale of this ticket is subject to the following conditions: / ..."

Right ticket front has text at top "COCA-COLA CLASSIC / ALL STAR SATURDAY / 3:30 PM / SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1990 / $15.00 / CIVIC ARENA / PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA" and the NHL Heroes logo; four hockey player portraits at bottom have name captions "Gordie Howe", "Denis Potvin", "Frank Mahovlich", "Bobby Hull", and "Ted Lindsay".

Right ticket reverse has two sponsor logos at top: top logo has text "ALL STAR SATURDAY / [Coca-Cola logo] [NHL logo]" and bottom logo is 7-Eleven logo; below these is black printed text "The sale of this ticket is subject to the following conditions: / ..."
Historical NotesFramed 41st NHL All-Star game and Coca-Cola Classic All-Star Saturday game tickets. Donor Gary Adams is the President of Vance Wright Adams and Associates Inc., a design firm in the North Side. Adams was responsible for designing the logo, uniform, and marketing materials for the Pittsburgh Maulers, a short lived USFL team in Pittsburgh in the 1980s. He also designed the “look” for the 1990 NHL All-Star Game which was held in Pittsburgh.

Related person Mario Lemieux (born 1965)

Related person Alexander Peter Delvecchio

Related person Wayne Douglas Gretzky

Related person Joseph Henri Maurice Richard

Related person Gordon Howe

Related person Denis Charles Potvin

Related person Francis William Mahovlich

Related person Robert Marvin Hull

Related person Robert Blake Theodore Lindsay

Related institution Pittsburgh Penguins

Related institution National Hockey League

Related institution 7-Eleven