Collection: MILWAUKEE COLORED PANTHERS
The Milwaukee Colored Panthers were an African-American semi-professional basketball team that played in Wisconsin during the mid-to-late-1930s.
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Milwaukee Colored Panthers Long Sleeve Tee Black
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Milwaukee Colored Panthers Short Sleeve Tee Brown Savana
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Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Nickname: Black Panthers, Negro Panthers Colors: Black, White
With an office on West Pierce Street in downtown Milwaukee, the Panthers’ innovative business model included sending postcards to post offices throughout the state, addressed simply, “Manager, City Independent Basketball Team,” along with the town’s name, but with no address. Yet, they would inevitably arrive at their destinations.
Postcard image of the Milwaukee Colored Panthers, 1938.(Sandler Archives)