Delta Air Lines uniform necktie worn by Eugene Harmond
date: label: Date
content: 1983-1991
name: label: Issued by
content: Delta Air Lines, American, founded 1925
label: Worn by
content: Eugene Harmond, American, born 1947
label: Designed by
content: Van Lupu, American
notes: label: Description
content: A silk uniform necktie worn by Delta Air Lines' first male Black flight attendant, Eugene Harmond.
label: Description
content: The tie features navy blue diagonal stripes over a burgundy background with the Delta Air Lines Widget logo dotted throughout in white. The tie tapers at both its large and wide ends and has a square white sewn-in tag with blue embroidery that reads “Design / FOR / DELTA AIR LINES”.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Casey Grant in honor of Patricia Banks Edmiston, Patricia Grace Murphy and Eugene Harmond
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.50.1.4
objectType: label: Type
content: neckties
label: Type
content: uniforms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silk (textile)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 74 × 3 1/8 in. (188 × 8 cm)