Army mess dress blue jacket worn by Louis J. Beasley
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th Century
name: label: Created by
content: Kenzar, Japanese
label: Worn by
content: Louis J. Beasley, American, 1907 - 2001
notes: label: Description
content: A navy blue mess dress jacket worn by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The jacket is double-breasted, with a notched collar and a wide lapel. The black lapel color indicates the branch (Infantry). The jacket has six (6) gold buttons, three on each side, and on each button is the crest of the United States. The cuffs of the jacket are trimmed with two (2) narrow horizontal bars of gold sleeve braid, above which there are scrolled Austrian knots made from four (4) strands of gold sleeve braid.
label: Description
content: The inside of the jacket is lined with navy synthetic fabric. There is a horizontally oriented inset breast pocket at each interior front side.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Military Uniforms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Louis J. Beasley Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.205.6
objectType: label: Type
content: dress 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: wool knit, synthetic fiber lining, gold-colored passementerie and metal buttons
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Flat): 31 1/2 × 19 in. (80 × 48.3 cm)