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This is an original watercolor painting of the 1970 Chicago White Sox uniform.
Click on image to enlarge$450.00 (includes shipping in North America)
This original, one-of-a-kind watercolor painting of the 1970 Chicago White Sox road uniform is the original artwork that was used in the creation of this Chicago White Sox uniform evolution print and tens of thousands of other Chicago White Sox products that have been sold across North America. This original piece of art was painted by artist Bill Band for Maple Leaf Productions Ltd.
Some History
The White Sox continue to change the look of their uniform, although they continue to come up with clean, classic looks. On this road uniform, uniform numbers appear on the front of the jersey. Uniform numbers first made their appearance on the front of a uniform in 1952 - the Brooklyn Dodgers were the first team to wear uniform numbers on the front of their jersey. The Braves followed suit in 1953, and the Reds joined in beginning in 1956. The 1916 Cleveland Indians actually wore a uniform number on their sleeve, but it wasn't until the 52 Dodgers that the number made it to the front. The home jersey is reminiscent of a Tigers or Red Sox uniform.This road uniform is more blue than gray, and has a great thick swoosh under the Chicago script - note how the swoosh has White Sox written on it. It's unusual for a baseball jersey to have both the name of the team and the city on the uniform at the same time, as this jersey does.
