Permanent Collection Objects

Juneau—Douglas City Museum

2013.24.001 A—I

2013.24

Donated by Don and Alma Harris.

Jacket

Juneau High School Letterman's Jacket

1980

1992

Juneau—Douglas High School Letterman's Jacket. Body of jacket is black with white, red and black stripes on the collar and waist. Seven (7) snaps at center have red heads. Pockets are detailed with black leather. Sleeves are white leather with cloth cuffs of black, white, and red stripes. A large red "J" patch is on the left breast and the name "Karma" is embroidered on the right breast in red. Back has five patches (four are text and one is an illustration). Patches read: "Juneau \ Douglas \ Crimson Bears". Patch text is in cursive. Illustration patch is located at center on the back between the "Douglas" and "Crimson Bears" patches. It has a red colored bear showing its teeth and claws. It holds white text reading "BEARS" in its right paw. The bear's face is in profile. Tag on interior of collar identifies the jacket as a Trophy Jackets from Meca Sportswear Inc located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Tag also provides care instructions.

Eight (8) metal pins are attached to the large red "J" patch on the front of the jacket. These pins are object numbers 2013.24.001 B through I. All pins are gold in color and were attached to the "J" before the patch was sewn on to the jacket (the backs of the pins are unaccessable without removing patch from jacket). All pins are chenille pins, which are used to indicate which sports varsity letters were earned.

B: Letterman bar pin. Bar pins are used to indicate multiple letters in a given sport.
C: Pin of a female with arms and legs outstreched. Pin represents swimming and/or diving.
D: Pin consisting of two capital C's and an arrow. Pin represents cross country.
E: Circular pin with design representing a basketball.
F: Circular pin with design representing a volley ball and text reading "VOLLEY \ BALL".
G: Pin of a foot with wings. Pin represents track.
H: Pin of a horn. Pin representing cheerleading.
I: Pin of a boot with a tassel . Pin represents majorette (also known as color guard).

Karma Nelson, Activities Director at Juneau—Douglas High School, retired in 1992.
Jacket embroidered at Initially Yours, a custom embroidery shop located in Fairbanks, Alaska. Information for Initially Yours in accession file.

Nelson, Karma
Harris, Alma
Harris, Don

Clothing
Sport
High School
School
Activities
Juneau Douglas High School
Bear