Jacket Worn by Drag Racers Bob Thompson and Sam Buck, circa 1960
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This jacket illustrates the state of driver safety in drag racing during the early 1960s. It was regarded as fire-resistant at the time, but no other fire-resistant clothing was required. Drivers typically wore blue jeans, tee-shirts, and no gloves, or perhaps leather work gloves.
This jacket illustrates the state of driver safety in drag racing during the early 1960s. It was regarded as fire-resistant at the time, but no other fire-resistant clothing was required. Drivers typically wore blue jeans, tee-shirts, and no gloves, or perhaps leather work gloves.
Artifact
Jacket (Garment)
Date Made
circa 1960
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Creator Notes
Made by Sears, Roebuck and Company, Chicago, Illinois.
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driven to Win: Racing in America
Object ID
2007.45.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Buck & Thompson Racing Team.
Material
Suede
Technique
Machine sewing (Technique)
Color
Brown
Inscriptions
Label, inside top center back: HERCULES / FIELDMASTER OUTERWARE/ SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., U.S.A. / WASHABLE AND DRY-CLEANABLE SUEDE / DRY CLEANER: USE N.I.D. PROCEDURE RINSE THOROUGHLY IN NEW OR DISTILLED SOLVENT / DO NOT USE STEAM
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