Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2022.078.004 |
Object Name |
T-Shirt |
Title |
The Battle of Leith and Balaclava T-Shirt |
Date |
1996 |
Year Range from |
1996 |
Year Range to |
1996 |
Artist |
Yost, George |
Made |
Tultex/Yost, George |
Place of Origin |
Balaclava, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
Description |
Heather grey 100% cotton extra-large t-shirt with a screen print design of an army soldier in historic battlegear with the number 96 on both his had and belt buckle printed in black. Aound the soldier in a keyhole design is screen printed red lettering which reads (starting bottom left clockwise) "NO COFFIN HILL CASINO! <> THE BATTLE OF LEITH AND BALACLAVA - 1996 <> NO COFFIN HILL CASINO!". Beneath the soldier printed in two lines of black lettering is the following quote: "WHO HELD THE GROUND THEY STOOD ON / AS LONG AS LIFE WAS IN THEM". |
Provenance |
T-shirt manufactured by Tultex in Canada and the USA. The screen print was designed by George Yost (1929-2016) an architect, artist, and writer. George Yost and his wife Katherine Lochnan purchased the Fraser Farm in Balaclava, Grey County, a century farm, in 1987. Last owned by Katherine Lochnan. |
Collection |
Textiles, 20th-c Clothing Collection, Adult Unisex/Unknown |
Material |
Cotton/Paint |
Found |
Balaclava, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Yost, George |
Subjects |
Casinos Protest works |
Search Terms |
Balaclava Leith (Village of) |