{"product_id":"wool-varsity-letterman-cardigan-red-with-patches-size-40","title":"1978 Traci Eubanks Choir Letter Cardigan, Red Wool - Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe lettered in choir, not in a sport, and the sweater says so five times over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA red wool letter cardigan, size 40. It belonged to \u003cstrong\u003eTraci Eubanks\u003c\/strong\u003e, she lettered in \u003cstrong\u003e1978\u003c\/strong\u003e, and she lettered in \u003cstrong\u003echoir\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone assumes a letter sweater means sport, but American schools awarded letters for music, drama and debate as well, and a choir sweater is much the scarcer object - fewer were made and fewer were kept. This one carries \u003cstrong\u003efive choir patches\u003c\/strong\u003e. On a letter sweater each additional patch marks a further year or a further ensemble, so Traci sang the whole way through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the sleeve, a lion - her school's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer name is on it twice, and the two versions are not the same.\u003c\/strong\u003e Inside, embroidered where only she would see it: \u003cem\u003eT Eubanks\u003c\/em\u003e - the formal one, the way a school roll lists you. Outside, worked across the front: \u003cem\u003eTraci 78\u003c\/em\u003e. One sweater carrying both the official person and the actual one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe dealer's label places it.\u003c\/strong\u003e The tag inside is a shop's rather than a manufacturer's: \u003cstrong\u003eKerr Sporting Goods, Phoenix-Mesa\u003c\/strong\u003e. A local sporting goods house was how an American school outfitted its lettered students - the shop took the order, applied the chenille, and put its own name in the collar. So this is an Arizona sweater on the label alone, before you read a stitch of the lettering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnitted wool rather than the melton-and-leather jacket that came later, which makes it the older form and by some distance the more wearable one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood Vintage Condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\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":"Kerr Sporting Goods","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44411208007767,"sku":"MT-IVY-083","price":298.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0034\/8692\/files\/IMG_6927.jpg?v=1792552821","url":"https:\/\/shopmille.com\/products\/wool-varsity-letterman-cardigan-red-with-patches-size-40","provider":"MILLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}