Historical information

Sporting teams used T-shirts to identify their players.

Significance

Mt Beauty had a team playing sport and used red T-shirts to identify their players.

Physical description

Red cotton T-shirt with collar & 2 buttons at the front from the neck. Short sleeves with yellow band. Yellow in capital letters "Mount Beauty" machine sewn on the front and "233" yellow numbers machine sewn on the back.
Unusual to have a separate piece of material sewn under the arm pits.

Inscriptions & markings

Label at neck on inside: "Haworth Knit / Glen Iris, Melb. / 100% cotton