Description: A Denver White Elephants satin windbreaker. Our new line of vintage windbreakers are inspired by models from the 1950s and '60s, and use our classic cotton-backed acetate satin.
Product Details:
- Vintage Kelly green 53% acetate/47% cotton satin
- Heavy duty snap closure.
- Slash pockets in front
- Unlined
- Kelly green elephant on a white felt diamond on the chest
- Cream ‘WE' patch on the left sleeve
- Imported
League: Independent Negro Leagues Team
History: The White Elephants are another example of how important Black entrepreneurship was to Negro Leagues baseball. Legendary musicians like Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong could perform at Denver's prestigious Brown Palace Hotel, but they couldn't stay there as guests. Black businessman A.H.W. Ross put them up at his Rossonian Hotel, which was located in Denver's Five Points neighborhood. Ross also owned the White Elephants, who mainly played against white semi-pro teams (unlike professional white baseball, semi-pro ball generally did not have rules against the participation of Black players).
