{"product_id":"1989-champion-muppets-animal-tee-eau-claire-size-m","title":"Vintage Champion Blue Bar Muppets Animal Tee, Eau Claire","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimal, the drummer, printed for a town in Wisconsin that nobody prints merchandise for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGold and yellow Champion tee printed with Animal from the Muppets behind a drum kit, lettered Eau Claire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe print is copyright \u003cstrong\u003eHenson Associates, Inc. 1979\u003c\/strong\u003e. The neck label is Champion's blue bar, and the care label reads Champion Products Inc., Rochester, New York, an address the company dropped after it was sold in 1989. Made in USA, 100% cotton. Between the copyright and the address, the shirt sits inside a ten-year window.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChampion began in Rochester in 1919 as Knickerbocker Knitting Mills, the Feinbloom family's business, selling sweaters to college teams, and it spent the next seventy years as the mill that put names and numbers on American athletic clothing. Sara Lee bought it in 1989 and the Rochester address went with it. Animal, for his part, is the drummer of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, the house band of The Muppet Show, which ran from 1976 to 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour things at once: a Champion blank, a dated copyright, a licensed character, and a Wisconsin town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorn, with the wear you would expect of a shirt this old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLength 24.5 in. Chest 34 in. Waist 34 in. Shoulder 15 in. Sleeve 15 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100% cotton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePit to pit 17 in. Length 24.5 in. Shoulder 15 in. Sleeve 15 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModern size:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fits like a modern Women's XS or Men's XS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of one. Sold as found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo returns - as is.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44363082629207,"sku":"MT-TR-059","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0034\/8692\/files\/IMG_6974.jpg?v=1792602615","url":"https:\/\/shopmille.com\/products\/1989-champion-muppets-animal-tee-eau-claire-size-m","provider":"MILLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}