Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
2000.076 |
Object Identification Number |
2000.076.001c |
Object Name |
Skirt |
Donor |
Siegh, Lillian |
Description |
White cotton pleated skirt that has slits on either side. There are 2 snaps and 3 hook and eyes on waist band, allowing the skirt to be securely fastened. There are no other decorative elements. |
Dimensions |
L-12.75 inches |
Creation Date |
1950-1969 |
Year Range From |
1950 |
Year Range To |
1969 |
Owned By |
Siegh, Lillian |
Used By |
Siegh, Lillian |
Material |
cotton/thread/metal |
Associated People |
Siegh, Lillian |
Search Terms |
D.A.A.C. Danish American Athletic Club sports sport athletic gymnastics woman women skirt club clothing |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory Of Ida Sigh |
Provenance |
This DAAC gymnastics outfit was worn by the donor, Lillian Siegh, during the 1950s and 1960s under the leadership of Karen Pedersen. Pedersen lived in Chicago for over 25 years before returning to Denmark to live after her retirement from the Danish Consulate Office. --------------------------------------------------------- The Danish American Athletic Club, or DAAC of Chicago, Illinois was formed in 1922. DAAC met at various locations for its first six years, and then in 1928 the club bought St. Angar's Church, 1639 North Washtenaw Avenue, which was used for practices, exhibitions, and social gatherings until 1958. Then other sites were used until another building was purchased in 1963 at 4624 North Pulaski Road. Today the club's functions are held at the Scandinavian in Arlington Heights, Illinois. In the beginning DAAC sponsored wrestling, a soccer team and a senior boy's gymnastic team. Between 1924 and 1939 gymnastic teams were added for senior girls, ladies, junior boys and girls, and small boys and girls. Folk dancing teams were added for seniors, junior boys and girls and small boys and girls. Also introduced were basketball, baseball, table tennis and bowling. Those who participated in Danish folk dancing wore national Danish costumes and the gymnasts wore white gym suits trimmed in red with a DAAC emblem on the shirt or blouse. The Danish American Athletic club has been an enduring fixture of the Danish American community of Chicago, Illinois. It has provided a meeting place for new immigrants and their families to meet and socialize with one another. It has been a place where parents brought their children who could then learn some of the physical culture of the mother country. It has provided the forum for bringing Danish gymnastic and folk dancing teams to the United States and sending similar teams to Denmark. It rallied the Danish American Chicago community during World War II through the activities of the Danish War Relief. Through the past seventy-eight years the Danish American Athletic Club has for so many reasons served the Danish American Chicago community as an organization of exceptional value. |
Images |
045\2000076001c.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
05/22/2000 |
Collection |
Danish Communities / Illinois / Chicago |